Human scent samples for chemical analysis

Abstract This study is focused on finding an optimal preparation of the human scent samples for their detailed chemical analysis in connection with the possible forensic identifications of human individuals in the future. At the present time, the scent identification of people is carried out nearly exclusively using specially trained dogs. It is assumed that the human scent contains a certain group of compounds which allows the identification of people, the so-called human scent signature; however, its chemical composition is completely unknown, as of now. The principal problem of human scent studies consists in the very low concentrations of thousands of the scent compounds, whereas their relative concentrations are usually dramatically different. It seems to be obvious that the most appropriate analytical technique for these thousands of different chemical compounds is GC/MS. However, it is also necessary to find the most suitable sorbent material for human scent collection, an extraction solvent, and a pre-concentration technique. The selection of the appropriate gas chromatographic method is also important to achieve the optimal resolution of the targeted compounds. Of course, in the first instance, it is necessary to decide what it means “the most suitable” for human scent chemical analysis..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Chemical papers - 74(2019), 5 vom: 09. Nov., Seite 1383-1393

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pojmanová, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Ladislavová, Nikola [VerfasserIn]
Škeříková, Veronika [VerfasserIn]
Kania, Patrik [VerfasserIn]
Urban, Štěpán [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Extraction recovery
GC–MS
Human scent analysis
Sample treatment

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© The Author(s) 2019

doi:

10.1007/s11696-019-00989-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC211706986X