Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 112, Issue 1, Pages 253-257Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.05.082
Keywords
gas chromatography; headspace; cocoa; alkylpyrazines; mass spectrometer detection; maillard reaction products
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- FONACYT Venezuela [G-2005000641]
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This paper proposes a fast, accurate, and quantitative method for alkylpyrazines determination in cocoa liquors samples using gas chromatography with ion trap mass spectrometry detection (GC/IT-MS) and on-line headspace (HS) sample introduction. The optimization of the experimental conditions of the headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS) system was carried out using the univariate method, aiming to find a compromise between time of the analysis, sensitivity and pyrazine resolution in a Carbowax (AV-WAX) fused silica capillary column. The procedure was validated through accuracy and precision studies. The results showed a highly satisfactory accuracy rate for the method with a relative standard deviation (RSD) during I day and between days of < 5.0% (n = 5). On the other hand, the recovery percentages (94-99%) were quantitative in all cases, with a RSD of < 4.0% (n = 5). Finally, the use the on-line headspace extraction step simultaneously with the analytes separation and detection of the previous sample injection increased the analysis frequency to 3 samples/h. A total of 120 cocoa liquor samples were analyzed. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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