In this book common methods for analyzing plant aromas and other volatile substances are introduced and described in detail. Among others, the aromas of tea and wine, ethereal oils, flowers and fruits are treated.

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The book covers a vast array of methods for the analysis of volatile compounds exuded by plants. Some of these volatiles are of great commercial importance, including the aromas of wines and teas, and volatiles in fruits. Other volatiles such as essential oils can be useful for chemotaxonomic purposes, and a chapter on an emerging method, that of chemometric analysis of such data, is included. Isoprene and ammonia rarely find a place in analytical methods presented for plant materials, but methods for these volatiles are described in this book. The volatiles given off by flowers are also included, and in situ headspace analysis of these volatiles is described, a method of potential use for the study of insect-plant interactions.

Inhalt
The Preisolation Phase of In Situ Headspace Analysis: Methods and Perspectives.- Analysis of Volatile Constituents of Fruit.- Gas Chromatographic Techniques for the Measurement of Isoprene in Air.- Measurement of Ammonia Gas Emission from Plants.- Use of GC-FID, GC-FTIR-MS, and Olfactory Characterisation in the Analysis of Essential Oils and Plant Extracts.- Chemometric Analysis of Data from Essential Oils.- Supercritical CO2 Extraction of the Essential Oils of Eucalypts: A Comparison with Other Methods.- Principal Components Analysis of Essential Oils.- Adsorption-Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography Applied to the Determination of Wine Aromas.- Stable Isotope Dilution Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Determination of Methoxypyrazines (Green Aroma) in Wine.- Comparison of Extraction Techniques for Characterizing Tea Aroma and Analysis of Tea by GC-FTIR-MS.- Analysis of Aroma Release from Scented Teas.