Sampling, identification and sensory evaluation of odors of a newborn baby's head and amniotic fluid.
Sci Rep
; 9(1): 12759, 2019 09 04.
Article
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| ID: mdl-31485001
ABSTRACT
For baby odor analyses, noninvasive, stress-free sample collection is important. Using a simple method, we succeeded in obtaining fresh odors from the head of five newborn babies. These odors were chemically analyzed by two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC × GC-MS), and compared with each other or with the odor of amniotic fluid from the baby's mother. We identified 31 chemical components of the volatile odors from neonate heads and 21 from amniotic fluid. Although 15 of these components were common to both sources, there was an apparent difference in the GC × GC patterns between the head and amniotic fluid odors, so the neonate head odor might be individually distinct immediately after birth. Therefore, we made artificial mixtures of the major odor components of the neonate head and maternal amniotic fluid, and used psychological tests to examine whether or not these odors could be distinguished from each other. Our data show that the artificial odor of a neonate head could be distinguished from that of amniotic fluid, and that the odors of artificial head odor mixtures could be correctly discriminated for neonates within an hour after birth and at 2 or 3 days of age.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Manejo de Especímenes
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Cabeza
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Líquido Amniótico
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Odorantes
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón