title: Use of solid-phase micro-extraction as a sampling technique in the determination of volatiles emitted by flowers, isolated flower parts and pollen.
abstract: The volatiles emitted by fresh whole flowers or isolated flower parts of mandarin, Citrus deliciosa Ten. (Rutaceae), were sampled using solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME). This technique offers several advantages over dynamic headspace sampling techniques used in previous investigations. In particular, SPME requires smaller sample sizes and very short sampling times, which can minimize the formation of artifacts due to damage to the plant, and contaminations or loss of compounds. This was especially applicable to the collection of volatiles from pollen.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy. flamini@farm.unipi.it
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flamini
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cioni
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morelli
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D011058:Pollen / Q000737:chemistry*; D014835:Volatilization