title: Study of the effect of different fiber coatings and extraction conditions on dry cured ham volatile compounds extracted by solid-phase microextraction (SPME).
abstract: Extraction of dry cured ham volatile compounds by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was optimized. Different fiber coatings (carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane (CAR/PDMS), divinylbenzene/carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane (DVB/CAR/PDMS), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene (PDMS/DVB)), times of extraction (15, 30, 60min) and sample preparation (ground samples and homogenates with NaCl saturated solution) were assayed. CAR/PDMS and DVB/CAR/PDMS fiber coatings extracted more than 100 volatile compounds and showed the highest area counts for most volatile compounds. CAR/PDMS coating extracted better those compounds whose Kovats index (KI) was lower than 980 (on average) and DVB/CAR/PDMS those with higher KI. Fifteen minutes of extraction provided a volatile compound profile with lower area counts for most compounds and qualitatively different to that obtained with 30 and 60min of extraction. Homogenates gave a different profile compared to ground samples, with lower total counts for most compounds but higher proportion of aldehydes, and presence of several compounds not found in ground samples.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bromatologia, Tecnologia de Alimentos y Toxicologia, Fac. Farmacia, Universidad de Navarra, C/Irunlarrea s/n, 31080 Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Esteban
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ansorena
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Astiasarán
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz