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Portillo‐Estrada M, Van Moorleghem C, Janssenswillen S, Cooper RJ, Birkemeyer C, Roelants K, Van Damme R. Proton‐transfer‐reaction time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (PTR‐TOF‐MS) as a tool for studying animal volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Methods Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Miguel Portillo‐Estrada
- Research Group Pleco (Plants and Ecosystems) Department of Biology University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
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- Laboratory for Functional Morphology Department of Biology University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
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- Amphibian Evolution Lab Biology Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium
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- Amphibian Evolution Lab Biology Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium
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- Amphibian Evolution Lab Biology Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium
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- Laboratory for Functional Morphology Department of Biology University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
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Facius A, Atkinson LA, Hanna K, Coombes MC, Lahu G, Wagner JA. What Can Be Learned From Crowdsourced Population Asparagus Urinary Odor Kinetics? CPT-PHARMACOMETRICS & SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY 2019; 8:407-414. [PMID: 31016886 PMCID: PMC6617763 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Asparagus consumption is associated with the production of malodorous urine. Interindividual variability was previously characterized by an American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics crowdsourced study. To further characterize urinary odor kinetics, we conducted a study with consenting participants from Takeda Pharmaceutical International Company. The participants were randomized to consume a specified number of asparagus spears and asked to record urine odor. A kinetic‐pharmacodynamic model characterized the data from both the newly conducted Takeda study (N = 42) and the previously analyzed American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics studies (total N = 139). The updated model included the identification of an absorption process with a half‐life of 25 minutes. We estimated the elimination half‐life of the asparagus effect on malodorous urine to be 7.2 hours, which was 44% longer in our study. We built on previous experience using an improved R‐Shiny app for conducting the crowdsourcing experiment, further demonstrating the utility of this population kinetics approach in organizational and educational settings.
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- PRA Health Sciences, Deerfield, Illinois, USA
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Ramamoorthy A, Sadler BM, van Hasselt JGC, Elassaiss-Schaap J, Kasichayanula S, Edwards AY, van der Graaf PH, Zhang L, Wagner JA. Crowdsourced Asparagus Urinary Odor Population Kinetics. CPT-PHARMACOMETRICS & SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 7:34-41. [PMID: 29239147 PMCID: PMC5784735 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The consumption of asparagus is associated with the production of malodorous urine with considerable interindividual variability (IIV). To characterize the urinary odor kinetics after consumption of asparagus spears, we conducted a study with consenting attendees from two American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) meetings. Subjects were randomized to eat a specific number of asparagus spears, and then asked to report their urinary odor perception. Eighty‐seven subjects were included in the final analysis. A mixed effect proportional odds model was developed that adequately characterized the dose‐response relationship. We estimated the half‐life of the asparagus effect on malodorous urine to be 4.7 hours (relative standard error (RSE) = 13.2%), and identified a dose‐response slope term with good precision (24.3%). Age was found as the predictor of IIV in slope estimates. This study design and tools can be used as a demonstration “crowdsourcing” project for studying population kinetics in organizational and educational settings.
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- Anuradha Ramamoorthy
- Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Modeling & Simulation, ICON Plc, Cary, North Carolina, USA
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- Cluster Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Cluster Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,PD-Value BV, Houten, The Netherlands
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- Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Modeling & Simulation, ICON Plc, Marlow, UK
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- Cluster Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Certara QSP, Canterbury, UK
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- Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Du B, Zhang W. Computational study on the mechanism and kinetics for reaction of CH 3 SH + H with water vapor. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pelchat ML, Bykowski C, Duke FF, Reed DR. Excretion and perception of a characteristic odor in urine after asparagus ingestion: a psychophysical and genetic study. Chem Senses 2010; 36:9-17. [PMID: 20876394 PMCID: PMC3002398 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The urine of people who have recently eaten asparagus has a sulfurous odor, which is distinct and similar to cooked cabbage. Using a 2-alternative forced-choice procedure, we examined individual differences in both the production of the odorants and the perception of this asparagus odor in urine. We conclude that individual differences exist in both odorant production and odor perception. The biological basis for the inability to produce the metabolite in detectable quantities is unknown, but the inability to smell the odor is associated with a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs4481887) within a 50-gene cluster of olfactory receptors.
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- Marcia Levin Pelchat
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA.
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Akers HA, Venkatasubramanian S. Stalking the asparagus trail. FOOD AND FOODWAYS 1997. [DOI: 10.1080/07409710.1997.9962058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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