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Published on: June 9, 2021
Characterization of volatiles in different dry gins
Stefania Vichi1, Montserrat Riu-Aumatell, Mercè Mora-Pons
1Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Centre de Referència en Tecnología dels Aliments (CeRTA), Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Joan XXIII s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. stefaniavichi@ub.edu
Abstract:
A HS-SPME method coupled to GC-MS was developed and applied for the qualitative and semiquantitative characterization of distilled gin volatile fraction. Sampling, chromatographic conditions, and method performances were evaluated, and the developed method was applied as a comparative study of some of the most popular commercial London Dry Gins and other gins with geographic denominations. During this study, 70 components of the gins' volatile fraction were isolated, tentatively identified or identified by reference compounds. They were mainly represented by mono- and sesquiterpenic compounds, which were quantitatively determined. The comparative study of London Dry Gins and gins with geographical indication permitted clear differentiation between the gins with geographical indication and one of the London Dry Gins tested.
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