CORESTA Congress, Sapporo, 2012, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, SSPTPOST 22
Characterisation of tobacco leaf types using GC-MS analysis and statistical approach
MASUGI E.(1); DUNKLE M.(2); MITSUI K.(1); OCHIAI N.(3); KANDA H.(3); HIGASHI N.(1); DAVID F.(2); SANDRA P.(2)
(1) Japan Tobacco Inc., Tobacco Science Research Center, Yokohama, Japan; (2) Research Institute for Chromatography, Kortrijk, Belgium; (3) Gerstel K.K., Tokyo, Japan
Tobacco leaf is highly complex, containing hundreds of different components that range in molecular weight and polarity, and these components can be used to characterise and differentiate leaf types using advanced analytical techniques and data...