Solvent-Free Extraction Methods for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Beverages
A special issue of Beverages (ISSN 2306-5710).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 12609
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Interests: volatile organic compounds; wine aroma; chemical composition; gas chromatography
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Interests: eutectic solvents; recycling lithium-ion batteries; design of experiments; extraction procedures; sustainability assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
The study of the volatile chemical composition of beverages has a potential role in several fields, such as food/beverage quality, food/beverage authenticity determination, the determination of toxins or dangerous compounds in food, or in the research of markers related to food/beverage production technology.
Sample preparation is a critical step of any analytical procedure since it is a source of errors and artifacts linked to the final analytical result. This step is crucial due to the complexity of the procedure when the concentrations of the target compounds are minimal. The isolation of volatile components from complex mixtures to obtain representative extracts is very difficult. Classical preparation protocols are commonly focused on increasing the detection and quantitation limits of the analytical procedure, and they usually include a preliminary clean-up followed by a pre-concentration step.
Methods of volatiles extraction from beverages display a varying degree of selectivity and effectiveness according to the target molecules and extraction conditions.
Solvent-free extraction methods are the most popular techniques, and are usually aimed to reduce wastes, artifacts, or sample loss. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was introduced in the early 1990s, and was the one of the first solvent-free procedures able to extract organic compounds even if present in very low amounts. At present, several additional techniques are commonly employed, and dynamic headspace extraction (DHS), stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE), and headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) are some examples of solvent-free extraction procedures commonly coupled with a gas chromatographic technique.
Considering the aforementioned, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect the most recent studies dealing with the compositional characterization of volatiles from beverages, with a particular emphasis on the extraction method.
Dr. Giacomo Luigi Petretto
Dr. Alberto Mannu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SPME
- HSSE
- DHS
- SBSE
- Volatile organic compounds
- Solvent-free extraction methods
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