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Visit VUV Analytics at booth #208 at AOAC’s Annual Meeting
This event offers scientific sessions, roundtables, workshops, and poster presentations to meet a variety of analytical needs. Nowhere else can you find access to this level reliable knowledge. AOAC brings you science-based research from the top scientists in the world; technical information about changes and advances in methodology; and access to techniques and applications.
Alex Hodgson will be presenting on the following topic, Monday 8/27 in the Chestnut West Room at 5:00PM
Terpenes Analysis of Essential Oils Using GC-VUV: An Automated, Speed-Based Approach
Terpenes contribute greatly to our senses of smell and taste and thus are integral to flavor and fragrance industries. Current terpenes analysis is performed by GC-FID and GC-MS. However, since many terpenes of interest are isomers, adequate separation is required for accurate identification and quantification, leading to relatively long run times. Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) spectroscopy can spectrally distinguish isomers and deconvolve coeluting peaks, which promotes qualitative and quantitative accuracy and allows for significant chromatographic compression. Here we compare the chromatographic compression capabilities of GC-MS and GC-VUV for essential oils analysis, as well as an automated quantitative method for compositional determination.