Ultra-fast essential oil characterization by capillary GC on a 50 microm ID column.
A 5 m x 50 microm capillary column with 0.05 microm stationary phase film thickness, with a calculated efficiency of almost 20,000 plates per metre (under optimum conditions), was used for very fasthigh resolution GC analysis of lime essential oil. The total analysis time of this volatile essential oil was less than 90 s. Fast GC is shown to be appropriate for essential oil quality assurance analysis, and quantitative results of key components are comparable with those obtained by using conventional GC analysis. The fast GC analysis is approximately 33 times faster than the conventional GC method.
Mondello
Luigi
L
Dipartimento Farmaco-chimico, Facoltá di Farmacia, Universitá di Messina, Viale Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy lmondello@pharma.unime.it
Shellie
Robert
R
Casilli
Alessandro
A
Quinto Tranchida
Peter
P
Marriott
Philip
P
Dugo
Giovanni
G
D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D032082:Citrus aurantiifolia / Q000737:chemistry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils