The Determination of Tobacco Additives 2nd Report: A Method for Series Analyses of Menthol in Tobacco and Tobacco Products/Zur Bestimmung von Tabakadditiven: 2. Mitteilung: Eine Methode zur serienanalytischen Bestimmung von Menthol in Tabak und Tabakerzeugnissen

The method used in our laboratories since 1965 for the determination of menthol in tobacco and tobacco products has meanwhile been improved and made suitable for series analyses. Menthol is isolated from the mentholated material to be investigated by steam distillation The distillate containing the menthol in question (dissolved in acetone) is directly subjected to gas chromatography for quantitative determination. The recovery was found to amount to 97 %, the coefficient of variation to 1.45 %, and the detection limit to 0.002 mg of menthol per mI.