<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Leaf samples of different flue-cured Virginia tobacco varieties were analyzed and compared to a standard, the typical American Virginia cultivar K 326. Plants were grown in the Plovdiv region, Bulgaria, under conditions appropriate for Virginia varieties. The tobaccos were characterized by means of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polyphenols and capillary gas chromatography (CGC) of the neutral volatiles of essential oils, as well as by a sensory evaluation of color and aroma. All cultivars examined contained twelve polyphenol components in their HPLC profiles and differed only in quantitative aspects. Both qualitative and quantitative variations between the CGC profiles of essential oils of the cultivars were observed. The chromatographic profiles of polyphenols and essential oils were compared by the pattern recognition method (PRM) and used for calculating the similarity indexes (<italic>I<sub>s</sub></italic>,%) of the samples to the standard Virginia variety K 326. The chemometric data obtained are completely compatible with sensory evaluation of color and aroma. Based on the results obtained the tobaccos may be distinguished as: typical full-flavored Virginia - aromatic (Virginia 330); typical full-flavored Virginia - less aromatic (Virginia 0454); non-typical (filler type) Virginia (Virginia 42). The possibilities of the PRM for objective evaluation of color and aroma of Virginia tobaccos were demonstrated.</p></abstract>

Leaf samples of different flue-cured Virginia tobacco varieties were analyzed and compared to a standard, the typical American Virginia cultivar K 326. Plants were grown in the Plovdiv region, Bulgaria, under conditions appropriate for Virginia varieties. The tobaccos were characterized by means of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polyphenols and capillary gas chromatography (CGC) of the neutral volatiles of essential oils, as well as by a sensory evaluation of color and aroma. All cultivars examined contained twelve polyphenol components in their HPLC profiles and differed only in quantitative aspects. Both qualitative and quantitative variations between the CGC profiles of essential oils of the cultivars were observed. The chromatographic profiles of polyphenols and essential oils were compared by the pattern recognition method (PRM) and used for calculating the similarity indexes (Is,%) of the samples to the standard Virginia variety K 326. The chemometric data obtained are completely compatible with sensory evaluation of color and aroma. Based on the results obtained the tobaccos may be distinguished as: typical full-flavored Virginia - aromatic (Virginia 330); typical full-flavored Virginia - less aromatic (Virginia 0454); non-typical (filler type) Virginia (Virginia 42). The possibilities of the PRM for objective evaluation of color and aroma of Virginia tobaccos were demonstrated.

Characterization of Virginia Tobaccos by Chemometric Methods

Institute of Tobacco and Tobacco Products, 4108 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

D. Kostoff Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

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Leaf samples of different flue-cured Virginia tobacco varieties were analyzed and compared to a standard, the typical American Virginia cultivar K 326. Plants...

Characterization of Virginia Tobaccos by Chemometric Methods

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 1 - 6

Received: Mar 01, 2001

Accepted: Nov 23, 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0725

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