GC-FTIR and GC-MS in odour analysis of essential oils

Abstract

The analysis of odour components in East Indian Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album L.) and in Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) based on GC-, GC-FTIR- and GC-MS-data resulted in the identification of α-santalene, α-santalal, β-santalal, epi-β-santalal, α-santalol, β-santalol, (E)-β-santalol, α-bergamotol and spirosantalol in Sandalwood Oil and of (-)-patchoulol, α-guaiene, α-patchoulene, seychellene, α-bulnesene, norpatchoulenol and pogostol in Patchouli Oil as the most intense aroma compounds of these oils. © 1988 Springer-Verlag.