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Gas chromatographic analysis of fragrances in palm‐based white soaps
Author(s) -
Kuntom Ainie,
Kifli Hamirin,
Hyong Chen Khiam
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02635798
Subject(s) - odor , chemistry , chromatography , gas chromatography , limonene , intensity (physics) , ionone , organic chemistry , essential oil , physics , quantum mechanics
Four commercial soap fragrances 1,2,3, and 4 were incorporated in palm‐based white soaps and made into bars. The soap bars were stored at 25°C and 40°C for three months. The headspace gas‐chromatographic volatiles, fragrance odor intensity and whiteness analyses of the soap samples were carried out at 10‐day intervals. By means of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, some of the headspace gas‐chromatographic peaks were identified. These peaks were useful in monitoring the fragrance components. For example, fragrance 4 contains the components limonene and citronellal which are known to possess a citrus odor component. Fragrance odor intensity scores showed that the intensity of the fragrances in the soap base was the same for all. Results also showed that most of the fragrances had the same effect on the whiteness of palm‐based white soaps, except for fragrance 2 which gave a pink color to the white soaps. Equations were established between the fragrance odor intensity and area under the gas‐chromatographic peaks. The equation can give useful information on the fragrance odor intensity by calculating the area of the chromatographic peaks; the fragrance odor intensity is a reflection of the fragrance retention in palm‐based soaps.