Molecular Nutrition & Food Research • Vol 63 • No 10
Robust Markers of Coffee Consumption Identified Among the Volatile Organic Compounds in Human Urine
February 2019 • Carina Mack, Björn Egert, Erica Liberto, Christoph H. Weinert, Achim Bub, Ingrid Hoffmann, Carlo Bicchi, Sabine E. Kulling, Chiara Cordero
Scope The human volatilome has gained high interest for the discovery of potential biomarkers of diseases. However, knowledge about the diet as a crucial factor affecting the volatilome is scarce. Therefore, the search for disease biomarkers, as well as the potential use of volatiles as dietary markers is so far limited. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of the diet with the urinary volatilome with the special task to find potential markers of coffee consumption in 24 h urine samples from the…