<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A screening method has been developed for the qualitative and quantitative determination of vanillin, ethylvanillin, coumarin and dihydrocoumarin. The compounds are qualitatively determined by thin-layer chromatography after extraction of tobacco and purification of the extract. The quantitative determination is made by gas chromatography: Coumarin and dihydrocoumarin are determined directly and vanillin and ethylvanillin after silylation in the form of trimethylsilyl derivatives. Detection limit: thin-layer chromatography = 1 µg, gas chromatography = 0.02 µg. The coefficient of variation of the results obtained amounts to 2.4 % for vanillin and to 6.7 % for coumarin </p></abstract>

A screening method has been developed for the qualitative and quantitative determination of vanillin, ethylvanillin, coumarin and dihydrocoumarin. The compounds are qualitatively determined by thin-layer chromatography after extraction of tobacco and purification of the extract. The quantitative determination is made by gas chromatography: Coumarin and dihydrocoumarin are determined directly and vanillin and ethylvanillin after silylation in the form of trimethylsilyl derivatives. Detection limit: thin-layer chromatography = 1 µg, gas chromatography = 0.02 µg. The coefficient of variation of the results obtained amounts to 2.4 % for vanillin and to 6.7 % for coumarin

The Determination of Tobacco Additives1st Report: A Method for the Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Vanillin, Ethylvanillin, Coumarin and Dihydrocoumarin in Tobacco and Tobacco Products/Zur Bestimmung von Tabakadditiven: 1. Mitteilung: Eine Methode zur qualitativen und quantitativen Bestimmung von Vanillin, Aethylvanillin, Cumarin und Dihydrocumarin in Tabak und Tabakerzeugnissen

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A screening method has been developed for the qualitative and quantitative determination of vanillin, ethylvanillin, coumarin and dihydrocoumarin. The...

Published Online: Jul 12, 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0252

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