Short-chain Fatty Acids
Targeted method that quantifies 7 short-chain fatty acids and 1 medium-chain fatty acid using GC-MS. Internal standards are used for quality control.
| Geneva name | Trivial name | Carbons | InChIKey | CID |
| methanoic acid | formic acid | 1 | BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 284 |
| ethanoic acid | acetic acid | 2 | QTBSBXVTEAMEQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 176 |
| propanoic acid | propionic acid | 3 | XBDQKXXYIPTUBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 1032 |
| butanoic acid | butyric acid | 4 | FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 264 |
| 2-methylpropionate | isobutyric acid | 4 | KQNPFQTWMSNSAP-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 6590 |
| pentanoic acid | valeric acid | 5 | NQPDZGIKBAWPEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 7991 |
| 3-methylpropionate | isovaleric acid | 5 | GWYFCOCPABKNJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 10430 |
| hexanoic acid | caproic acid | 6 | FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 8892 |