Screening of Brazilian fruit aromas using solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
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Fruit Volatile Analysis Using an Electronic Nose
Published on: March 30, 2012
F Augusto1, A L Valente, E dos Santos Tada
1Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Manual headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used for the qualitative analysis of the aromas of four native Brazilian fruits: cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum, Spreng.), cajá (Spondias lutea. L.), siriguela (Spondias purpurea, L.) and graviola (Anona reticulata, L). Industrialized pulps of these fruits were used as samples, and extractions with SPME fibers coated with polydimethylsiloxane, polyacrylate, Carbowax and Carboxen were carried out. The analytes identified included several alcohols, esters, carbonyl compounds and terpernoids. The highest amounts extracted, evaluated from the sum of peak areas, were achieved using the Carboxen fiber.
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