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University of Illinois

Short-chain Fatty Acids

Targeted method that quantifies up to 7 short-chain fatty acids using GC-MS. Internal standards are used for quality control and data normalization.

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