Open AccessChemical Studies on Tobacco Smoke: I. The Quantitative Determination of Indoles in Cigarette Smoke
Author(s) -
Dietrich Hoffmann,
Joseph E. Rubin
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
beiträge zur tabakforschung international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.253
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1612-9237
pISSN - 0173-783X
DOI - 10.2478/cttr-2013-0134
Subject(s) - indole test , chemistry , chromatography , cigarette smoke , skatole , methanol , smoke , hexane , tobacco smoke , gas chromatography , organic chemistry , toxicology , biology
A method for the quantitative determination of indole and alkylated indoles in cigarette smoke is described. The analysis consists of distributions between n-hexane / methanol-water (4:1); n-hexane / methanol-water (1:2); column chromatography on Florosil and gas chromatographic separation on 20 % Apiezon L at 155°C. Quantitative data are secured by use of C14-labelled indole as internal standard. In the smoke of an 85 mm blended United States cigarette without filter tip were determined 13.9 µg indole, 14.0 µg skatole, 4.2 µg 3-ethylindole, and 0.21 µg 3-n-propylindole. The presence of an admixture of dimethylindoles was tentatively established; their concentration was below 0.03 µg per cigarette