Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 120, Issue 2, Pages 572-579Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.097
Keywords
MOS sensors; Electronic nose; Gas chromatography; Virgin olive oil; Volatile compounds; Aroma analysis
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This paper describes a novel approach to determine the individual contribution of volatile compounds to the overall sensor responses of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) sensors when they are applied to a complex mixture of compounds such as food aroma. A methodology entailing the use of a sensor array or electronic nose (EN) as non-destructive detector in-parallel with the flame ionization detector of a gas chromatograph (GC) is described and illustrated in the context of virgin olive oil aroma analysis. Aspects related to the experimental Set LIP and data processing are examined. The capability of gas chromatography for obtaining qualitative and quantitative information of the volatile compounds present in virgin olive oil was used to find relationships between these compounds and the sensor responses by means of a Coupled system GC-EN. The sensor responses that resulted from this coupling (sensorgrams) served to prove the sensor sensitivity to alcohols, aldehydes, and those compounds that are responsible to sensory defects in virgin olive oil (e.g. aldehydes and acids). (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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