Sweat in Schizophrenic Patients: Identification of the Odorous Substance
- 17 October 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 166 (3903) , 398-399
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3903.398
Abstract
The substance causing the peculiar odor in sweat of schizophrenic patients has been isolated and identified as trans-3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid by gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The natural and the synthetic compounds were cleaves across the double bond to give 2-pentanone and oxalic acid, thereby confirming the structure.Keywords
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- Demonstration of a Peculiar Odor in the Sweat of Schizophrenic PatientsArchives of General Psychiatry, 1960