Tob. Sci., 1968, 12-04, p. 10-15, ISSN.0082-4623
Fingerprint gas chromatographic analysis of tobacco leaf acids
Eastern Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Acids, extracted from tobacco leaf by conventional means, were converted to their trimethylsilyl esters prior to analysis by gas chromatography. Volatile acids, including formic and acetic, certain Krebs cycle acids, aromatic and fatty acids were all...