| Title: | Rapid Screening of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aframomum danielli Seeds Using Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled to Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| Author(s): | George MJ; Njobeh PB; Gbashi S; Adegoke GO; Dubery IA; Madala NE; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, National University of Lesotho, Roma 180, Lesotho. Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa. Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa. Department of Food Technology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1687-8760 (Print) 1687-8779 (Electronic) 1687-8760 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from plants have been used in the fragrance industry since time immemorial. Herein we report on the rapid screening of VOCs from seeds of ripe Aframomum danielli (family, Zingiberaceae) using a polydimethylsiloxane fibre headspace solid phase microextraction coupled to a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) instrument. Portions of 0.25, 0.35, and 0.50 g of ground sample were weighed and extraction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was achieved using a 100 mum polydimethylsiloxane solid phase microextraction (PDMS SPME) fibre, with the equilibrium time of 40 minutes and extraction temperature of 50 degrees C; the following compounds with their respective relative abundances were obtained as the top ten most abundant and annotated ones using NIST, Wiley, and Fragrances Libraries: eucalyptol (58%); beta-pinene (22%); alpha-pinene (7.5%); alpha-terpineol (4%), alpha-terpinyl acetate (2%); alpha-bergamotene (1%); pinocarveol (0.39%); alpha-copaene (0.35%); caryophyllene (0.34); and beta-bisabolene (0.31%). These compounds have been reported elsewhere in the literature and listed in the Fragrances Library, incorporated into the Saturn QP2020 GCMS Solution(R) software used for their analysis" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGeorge, Mosotho J Njobeh, Patrick B Gbashi, Sefater Adegoke, Gabriel O Dubery, Ian A Madala, Ntakadzeni E eng Egypt 2018/06/01 Int J Anal Chem. 2018 Apr 19; 2018:8976304. doi: 10.1155/2018/8976304. eCollection 2018" |
