title: Examination of the enantiomeric distribution of certain monoterpene hydrocarbons in selected essential oils by automated solid-phase microextraction-chiral gas chromatography-mass selective detection.
abstract: A viable approach for the determination of sources of essential oils based on automatic injection solid-phase microextraction-chiral-gas chromatography-mass selective detection is demonstrated. With no sample preparation, it is shown that the source of essential oils such as peppermint, spearmint, and rosemary can be easily distinguished. Short fiber exposure times of approximately 6 s to the headspace above submicroliter quantities of the selected oils are all that is required to obtain both the required sensitivity and resolution to afford analyses with excellent reproducibilities (relative standard deviation values consistently less than 5.0%).
authors.affiliation: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1487, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D001322:Autoanalysis; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D001892:Camphanes / Q000032:analysis; D002164:Camphor / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000077222:Limonene; D036142:Mentha piperita; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D027542:Rosmarinus; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D001892:Camphanes; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D013729:Terpenes; C010789:beta-pinene; D002164:Camphor; C053775:rosemary oil; D000077222:Limonene; C015424:peppermint oil; C019286:camphene; C005451:alpha-pinene; C022871:isoborneol