title: Screening of natural organic volatiles from Prunus mahaleb L. honey: coumarin and vomifoliol as nonspecific biomarkers.
abstract: Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME; PDMS/DVB fibre) and ultrasonic solvent extraction (USE; solvent A: pentane and diethyl ether (1:2 v/v), solvent B: dichloromethane) followed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC, GC-MS) were used for the analysis of Prunus mahaleb L. honey samples. Screening was focused toward chemical composition of natural organic volatiles to determine if it is useful as a method of determining honey-sourcing. A total of 34 compounds were identified in the headspace and 49 in the extracts that included terpenes, norisoprenoids and benzene derivatives, followed by minor percentages of aliphatic compounds and furan derivatives. High vomifoliol percentages (10.7%-24.2%) in both extracts (dominant in solvent B) and coumarin (0.3%-2.4%) from the extracts (more abundant in solvent A) and headspace (0.9%-1.8%) were considered characteristic for P. mahaleb honey and highlighted as potential nonspecific biomarkers of the honey's botanical origin. In addition, comparison with P. mahaleb flowers, leaves, bark and wood volatiles from our previous research revealed common compounds among norisoprenoids and benzene derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, N. Tesle 10/V, 21000 Split, Croatia. igor@ktf-split.hr
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jerković
authors.forename: Zvonimir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Marijanović
authors.forename: Mladenka Malenica
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Staver
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000737:chemistry*; D000440:Butanols / Q000032:analysis*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis*; D003512:Cyclohexanones / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D027861:Prunus / Q000737:chemistry*; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D000440:Butanols; D003374:Coumarins; D003512:Cyclohexanones; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; C030123:coumarin; C525026:vomifoliol