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Enantioselective analysis of monoterpene compounds in essential oils by stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE)–enantio-MDGC–MS

✍ Scribed by Mirjam Kreck; Annette Scharrer; Steffi Bilke; Armin Mosandl


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
152 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0882-5734

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Abstract

Stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE), a recently introduced solventless extraction technique, was applied for the enantioselective analysis of chiral monoterpenes in tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil and thyme oil using enantioselective multidimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (enantio‐MDGC–MS). In addition, headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) and in vivo headspace sorptive extraction (in vivo HSSE) of the chiral monoterpenes in three aromatic and medicinal plants, thyme [Thymus vulgaris (L.)], eucalyptus [Eucalyptus globulus (L.)] and tea tree [Melaleuca alternifolia (C.)], was investigated and the results of the different sampling techniques were compared and discussed. This method was utilized in order to establish characteristic authenticity profiles of the essential oils. Moreover, the enantiomeric ratios of the major and minor chiral components emitted in living plants were determined. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.