Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms among the Staff in Schools and Kindergartens: are the Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbon Dioxide Responsible?

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-235
Author(s):  
Stefan Willers ◽  
Sven Andersson ◽  
Rolf Andersson ◽  
Jörgen Grantén ◽  
Christina Sverdrup ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Sick Building

Fungal Volatile Organic Compounds: More Than Just a Funky Smell?

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Arati A. Inamdar ◽  
Shannon Morath ◽  
Joan W. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Arthropod Species ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Sick Building ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting

Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with industry cause adverse health effects, but less is known about the physiological effects of biologically produced volatiles. This review focuses on the VOCs emitted by fungi, which often have characteristic moldy or “mushroomy” odors. One of the most common fungal VOCs, 1-octen-3-ol, is a semiochemical for many arthropod species and also serves as a developmental hormone for several fungal groups. Other fungal VOCs are flavor components of foods and spirits or are assayed in indirect methods for detecting the presence of mold in stored agricultural produce and water-damaged buildings. Fungal VOCs function as antibiotics as well as defense and plant-growth-promoting agents and have been implicated in a controversial medical condition known as sick building syndrome. In this review, we draw attention to the ubiquity, diversity, and toxicological significance of fungal VOCs as well as some of their ecological roles.

Sick building syndrome and total volatile organic compounds

2012 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. S94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiko Todaka ◽  
Hiroko Nakaoka ◽  
Masamichi Hanazato ◽  
Hiroshi Seto ◽  
Chisato Mori
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Total Volatile ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Sick Building ◽  
Total Volatile Organic Compounds
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