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Development and application of a solid‐phase microextraction gas cromatography mass spectrometry method for analysing volatile organic compounds produced during cooking
Author(s) -
Scortichini Serena,
Boarelli Maria Chiara,
Castello Mauro,
Chiavarini Francesco,
Gabrielli Serena,
Marcantoni Enrico,
Fiorini Dennis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/jms.4534
Subject(s) - chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , solid phase microextraction , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , olfactometry , volatile organic compound , gas chromatography , sample preparation , organic chemistry
In the last decades, there is more awareness on the impact on human health of pollutants emitted during cooking processes, both from commercial and from domestic activities. In this study, a new method exploiting solid‐phase microextraction and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (SPME‐GC–MS) was developed to analyse the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during cooking. The air above the cooking plate was sampled using a polyethylene terephthalate olfactometric bag that allows to transport the sample to the instrument location and to perform the SPME extraction of the sampled air. The efficiency of different extraction systems and different extraction times (1, 8, 16, and 24 h) was evaluated in order to obtain sufficient sensitivity. Thus, the proposed system, combining the use of olfactometric bags and SPME‐GC–MS, was applied for the first time to study VOCs emitted during cooking allowing to perform the analysis, even on samples produced in sites far from the instrument location, in an easy way and with instrumentations available in most of laboratories. Then, the method was applied to assess the efficiency of odour filters used in common kitchen hoods, using deep frying of potatoes in sunflower oil as cooking model system. VOCs were analysed in the air before and after passage through the filter, calculating then percentages of dejection for the different classes of VOCs that resulted to be in the range 31–77%.