A research area of great interest to the flavour industry is the analysis of odour active compounds in essential oils. In this paper, a methodology is presented for the identification of character-impact odorants in essential oil samples using (a) gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O); (b) comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) combined to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (...

In this research, the characteristics of CMP dioxane lignin (hardwood origin) and soda bagasse lignin (ethanol soluble fraction) and dioxane lignin of bagasse were studied using gel permeation chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and 13C NMR spectroscopy and DFRC degradation procedure. The results indicated that the main structural units in lignins are phenyl propane skeletons b...

The term ‘dimension’ in the above titles refers to the use of a ‘dimension of chromatography’ – or put more simply, a column – or for multidimension – two or more columns. In the broad sense, a ‘dimension of analysis’ is any technique that provides independent analysis capability. So FTIR, MS, and GC are discrete dimensions; they can be operated independently to provide some measure of analysis...

Plants of the genus Cephalotaxus contaim many alkaloids, some of which have demonstrated antitumor activity. Analysis of crude alkaloid mixtures by gas chromatography provides quantitation of the active principles and other, non-active, alkaloids. Mass spectrometry is used to identify known alkaloids in extracts and to confirm the presence of previously unknown ones. Such data provide a means f...

This master thesis focused on optimizing the outlet geometry of microcolumn chips and how the chips are assembled in a miniaturized gas analysis system based on the principles of gas chromatography. The theory and literature of gas chromatography at microscales was studied and consequently several outlet designs were simulated with COMSOL Multiphysics®. Their theoretical velocity profiles were ...