Trimethylamine and odorous sweat.
Analysis of sweat collected from patients experiencing ichthyohidriosis, and from volunteers in whom this odour phenomenon had been artificially induced, showed that trimethylamine was the major causative factor.
Mitchell
S C
SC
Section of Biological Chemistry, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Smith
R L
RL
D000592:Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008744:Methylamines / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009812:Odorants; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D013542:Sweat / Q000737:chemistry*
D008744:Methylamines; D010105:Oxygenases; C020066:dimethylaniline monooxygenase (N-oxide forming); C023336:trimethylamine