Characterization of Agarwood Incense using Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) and Gas Chromatography - Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID)

Authors

  • Nurlaila Ismail
  • Mastura lbrahim
  • Seema Zareen
  • Mohd Hezri Fazalul Rahiman
  • Saiful Nizam Tajuddin
  • Mohd Nasir Taib

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24191/srj.v12i2.9394

Keywords:

agarwood incense, high quality, GC-MS coupled with SPME, GC-FID

Abstract

This paper presents the application of Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) coupled with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) to charaterize agarwood incense. The work involved three types of SPME fibres at 30 minutes sampling time. The fibres are 50/30 µm divinylbenzene-carboxen­polydimethysiloxane (DVB-CAR-PDMS), 65 µm polydimethylsiloxane­divinylbenzene (PDMS-DVB) and 85 µm carboxen-polydimethyl siloxane (CAR-PD MS). The results showed that among many compounds extracted by GC-MS coupled with SPME, six compounds were found significantly presence in high quality aganvood incense due to their high percentage area(%). They are b-maaliene, a-elemol, b-selinene, 10-epi-y-eudesmol, agarospirol and caryophellene oxide. The finding offers a new approach for establishing the volatile profile of agarwood incense components which is beneficial for agarwood grading and discrimination. 

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Published

2015-12-31

How to Cite

Ismail, N. ., lbrahim, M. ., Zareen, S. ., Rahiman, M. H. F. ., Tajuddin, S. N. ., & Taib, M. N. . (2015). Characterization of Agarwood Incense using Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) and Gas Chromatography - Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID). Scientific Research Journal, 12(2), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.24191/srj.v12i2.9394