<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A rapid, semi-micropyrolysis technique was developed and applied to materials representative of tobacco cell-wall constituents and sucrose. Glass capillary gas chromatography - mass spectrometry was used to separate and identify the major semi-volatile pyrolyzate components. Cellulose and dextrin produced a pattern of furan and cyclic ketones of potential importance to flavour and aroma of tobacco smoke. Sucrose pyrolysis resulted in the formation of substantial amounts of 2-furaldehyde and lesser quantities of substituted furans. The cell-wall biopolymer lignin was a source of phenols, but contributed little to the compounds produced in the thermal breakdown of carbohydrates.</p></abstract>

A rapid, semi-micropyrolysis technique was developed and applied to materials representative of tobacco cell-wall constituents and sucrose. Glass capillary gas chromatography - mass spectrometry was used to separate and identify the major semi-volatile pyrolyzate components. Cellulose and dextrin produced a pattern of furan and cyclic ketones of potential importance to flavour and aroma of tobacco smoke. Sucrose pyrolysis resulted in the formation of substantial amounts of 2-furaldehyde and lesser quantities of substituted furans. The cell-wall biopolymer lignin was a source of phenols, but contributed little to the compounds produced in the thermal breakdown of carbohydrates.

The Rapid Pyrolytic Characterization of Tobacco Leaf Carbohydrate Material

Tobacco Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.

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A rapid, semi-micropyrolysis technique was developed and applied to materials representative of tobacco cell-wall constituents and sucrose. Glass capillary gas...

The Rapid Pyrolytic Characterization of Tobacco Leaf Carbohydrate Material

Published Online: Jan 06, 2015

Page range: 74 - 80

Received: Jun 29, 1984

Accepted: Dec 18, 1984

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0558

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