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Analysis of volatile composition of honey by solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Soria Ana Cristina,
MartínezCastro Isabel,
Sanz Jesús
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.200301368
Subject(s) - solid phase microextraction , chromatography , aroma , chemistry , mass spectrometry , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , fractionation , fraction (chemistry) , food science
Honey aroma is largely dependent on its volatile fraction, which in turn is influenced by nectar composition and by possible modifications after harvesting. Solid phase microextraction (SPME) allows a simple and rapid fractionation of volatile compounds in honey as a prior step to their GC‐MS qualitative and quantitative determination. A simple SPME‐based procedure has been developed for GC‐MS analysis of honey volatiles and applied to the study of 6 different commercial honeys. The possibility of honey characterization from the analytical data obtained by the SPME method is discussed.