1984•Agricultural and Biological ChemistryRequires access
Analysis of the Headspace Volatiles of Tobacco Using an Ether Trap
Takeshi Sakaki, Hirohiko Sakuma, Shirō Sugawara
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Abstract
A method for analyzing the headspace volatiles of tobacco with an ether trap has been developed and the headspace volatiles of four kinds of tobacco, flue-cured, Burley, domestic (cv. Matsukawa) and Turkish, were analyzed. Dried air was passed through cut tobacco and the headspace volatiles swept were absorbed in ice-cooled ether. The ether solution of headspace volatiles was analyzed, and 27 components were identified by GC and GC-MS. Of these 27 components, six have not previously been reported as components in the tobacco headspace volatiles. The individual headspace volatiles samples of the four kinds of tobacco each showed their characteristic GC profiles and odors. The odor and the GC profile of each headspace volatiles sample were different from those of the steam distillate of the same tobacco.