A comparison between two systems of volatile sampling in flowers of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 148-152

  Tava, Aldo ^a   Pecetti, Luciano ^a   Povolo, Milena ^a   Contarini, Giovanna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Flowers; Headspace sampling; Steam distillation; Tenax trapping; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; KETONES; STEAM;

ADSORBENT RESIN; ALFALPHA; DISTILLATION METHOD; DYNAMIC HEADSPACE; FLOWER; HEADSPACE SAMPLING; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; STEAM DISTILLATION; TENAX TRAPPING; VOLATILE;

ALDEHYDES;

ACID; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ESTER; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; RESIN; TERPENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADSORPTION; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0034055863     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(200005/06)11:3<148::AID-PCA510>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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