Tob. Sci., 1980, 24-45, p. 157-161, ISSN. 0082-4523
Head-space enrichment on tenax for characterization and flavor evaluation of some tobacco types
State University of Gent, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Organic Chemistry, Gent, Belgium.
A method to analyze volatile components in the headspace vapor of heated tobacco has been developed. Helium was passed through a sample of tobacco, which was slowly heated, and the eluted constituents were adsorbed by a polymer trap of “Tenax”. After...