Compositions and methods for simultaneous detection of volatile sulfur compounds and polyamines

Abstract

Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for the rapid and facile simultaneous detection of malodorous bacterial metabolites in samples of expired breath and other fluids. The invention enables estimation, by simple visual inspection and comparison against standards, of the concentration of polyamines and volatile sulfur compounds in the micromolar to millimolar range.

1 . A chromogenic composition for intermixture or contacting with a fluid in which fluid it is desired to determine the concentration of VSCs and polyamines, said composition comprising a first reagent, said first reagent capable of reacting with a polyamine to form a VSC, and a second reagent, said second reagent capable of reacting with a VSC to form a product, said product possessing an absorption maximum in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. 
     
     
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