title: Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with flame ionization and time-of-flight mass spectrometry detection: qualitative and quantitative analysis of West Australian sandalwood oil.
abstract: The use of gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS), GC-time-of-flight MS (TOFMS), comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GCxGC)-flame ionization detection (FID), and GCxGC-TOFMS is discussed for the characterization of the eight important representative components, including Z-alpha-santalol, epi-alpha-bisabolol, Z-alpha-trans-bergamotol, epi-beta-santalol, Z-beta-santalol, E,E-farnesol, Z-nuciferol, and Z-lanceol, in the oil of west Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum). Single-column GC-MS lacks the resolving power to separate all of the listed components as pure peaks and allow precise analytical measurement of individual component abundances. With enhanced peak resolution capabilities in GCxGC, these components are sufficiently well resolved to be quantitated using flame ionization detection, following initial characterization of components by using GCxGC-TOFMS.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, Department of Applied Chemistry, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shellie
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marriott
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C076763:sandalwood oil