Artificial Sebum (artSe)

The definition of the Artificial Sebum (artSe) subset is based on the percentages and composition as described in ‘Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota’[1] (Table 2).

Table 13 artSe composition

name

percent

Arachidic acid

0.00094698

Arachidonate

0.00049758

Behenate [Docosanoate]

0.00027534

Butyrate

3.442e-05

Calcium(II) cation [Ca(2+)]

1.536e-05

Choline

4.08e-06

Cholesterol

0.012

Decanoate

0.01327186

Dodecanoate

0.11967712

Hexadecanoate [Palmitic acid]

0.21487992

Hexadecenoate

0.00711788

Iron(II) cation [Fe(2+)]

2.18e-06

Iron(III) cation [Fe(3+)]

2.18e-06

Linoleic acid

0.29159666

Margarate [Heptadecanoate]

6.368e-05

Octadecanoate [Stearic acid]

0.02062044

Octadecenoate [Oleic acid]

0.26003118

Octanoate [Caprylic acid]

0.01862542

Pentadecanoate

3.078e-05

Phylloquinone [Vitamin K1]

7.8e-07

Potassium(I) cation [K(+)]

8.46e-06

Sodium(I) cation [Na(+)]

2.734e-05

Tetracosanoate [Lignocerate]

5.298e-05

Tetradecanoate

0.06488692

Water [H2O]

0.0004337

Zinc(II) cation [Zn(2+)]

1e-07

alpha-Linolenate

3.758e-05

alpha-Tocopherol

0.000175

Squalene

0.15

Cholesteryl oleate

0.024

Hexadecyl palmitate

0.15

(11Z)-icos-11-enoate [Gondoate]

0.00068406