An effective chromatographic fingerprinting workflow based on comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography – Mass spectrometry to establish volatiles patterns discriminative of spoiled hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.)
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Abstract:
The volatile fraction of hazelnuts encrypts information about: cultivar/geographical origin, post-harvest treatments, oxidative stability and sensory quality. However, sensory features could be buried under other dominant chemical signatures posing challenges to an effective classification based on pleasant/unpleasant notes. Here a novel workflow that combines Untargeted and Targeted (UT) fingerprinting on comprehensive two-dimensional gas-chromatographic patterns is developed to discriminate spoiled hazelnuts from those of acceptable quality. By flash-profiling, six hazelnut classes are defined: Mould, Mould-rancid-solvent, Rancid, Rancid-stale, Rancid-solvent, and Uncoded KO. Chromatographic fingerprinting on composite 2D chromatograms from samples belonging to the same class (i.e., composite class-images) enabled effective selection of chemical markers: (a) octanoic acid that guides the sensory classification being positively correlated to mould; (b) ƴ-nonalactone, ƴ-hexalactone, acetone, and 1-nonanol that are decisive to classify OK and rancid samples; (c) heptanoic and hexanoic acids and ƴ-octalactone present in high relative abundance in rancid-solvent and rancid-stale samples.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, Corylus avellana L., sensory defects, combined Untargeted and Targeted (UT) fingerprinting, visual features fingerprinting, supervised and unsupervised chemometrics.
Elenco autori:
Stilo, Federico; Liberto, Erica; Spigolon, Nicola; Genova, Giuseppe; Rosso, Ginevra; Fontana, Mauro; Reichenbach, Stephen E.; Bicchi, Carlo; Cordero, Chiara
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