<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The color of Oriental tobaccos was organoleptically assayed, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polyphenols was performed. The major tobacco polyphenols (chlorogenic acid, its isomers, and rutin), as well as scopoletin and kaempferol-3-rutinoside were quantified. HPLC polyphenol profiles were processed by pattern recognition method (PRM), and the values of indexes of similarity (Is,%) between the cultivars studied were determined. It was shown that data from organoleptic color assessment and from PRM based on HPLC profiles of polyphenols of the cultivars studied are largely compatible. Hence, PRM can be suggested as an additional tool for objective color evaluation and classification of Oriental tobacco.</p></abstract>

The color of Oriental tobaccos was organoleptically assayed, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polyphenols was performed. The major tobacco polyphenols (chlorogenic acid, its isomers, and rutin), as well as scopoletin and kaempferol-3-rutinoside were quantified. HPLC polyphenol profiles were processed by pattern recognition method (PRM), and the values of indexes of similarity (Is,%) between the cultivars studied were determined. It was shown that data from organoleptic color assessment and from PRM based on HPLC profiles of polyphenols of the cultivars studied are largely compatible. Hence, PRM can be suggested as an additional tool for objective color evaluation and classification of Oriental tobacco.

Application of Pattern Recognition Method for Color Assessment of Oriental Tobacco based on HPLC of Polyphenols

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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The color of Oriental tobaccos was organoleptically assayed, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polyphenols was performed. The major tobacco...

Application of Pattern Recognition Method for Color Assessment of Oriental Tobacco based on HPLC of Polyphenols

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 356 - 359

Received: Jun 28, 2002

Accepted: Mar 12, 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0750

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