Exhaled volatile organic compounds for diagnosis and monitoring of asthma

Table 5 Discriminatory volatile organic compounds in asthma therapies

	Salbutamol	OCS	ICS
Methyl-acetate	[43]
Butanal	[43]
3-Methyl-butanal	[43]
Butyrolactone	[43]
Carene		[43]
Carvone	[43]
Chloroacetic acid odecyl ester			[29]
1-Butyl-1-methyl-2-propyl- cyclopropane			[29]
2,6,6-Trimethyldecane			[29]
Glycolic acid		[43]
Lysine		[43]
Octanal		[43]
1-Propanol	[43]
Methyl propionate	[43]
3,6-Dimethylundecane			[29]

OCS: Oral corticosteroids; ICS: Inhaled corticosteroids.