CORESTA Congress, Quebec, 2014, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, ST 62
A simultaneous method for analysing phytosterols and phytosterol esters in tobacco leaves using non-aqueous reversed-phase chromatography and atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry detector
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tobacco Science Research Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
While numerous analytical methods for free phytosterols have been reported, the similarity of chemical structures among phytosterol esters, and, in particular, among esters that include a saturated or an unsaturated fatty acid, have required...