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Characterization of volatiles Tribolium castaneum (H.) in flour using solidphase microextraction–gas chromatography mass spectrometry(SPME–GCMS)
The objective of this study was to identify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from flour, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and flour infested byT. castaneum separately, to confirm the difference of healthy flour and flour infested by T. castaneum and to explore the new technique to diagnosestored flour’s quality by its VOCs change. Headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography (GC) and gaschromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) were used to detect the VOCs of three different samples. Totally, 71 different compounds wereidentified in flour, T. castaneum and T. castaneum infested flour. Therefore, 27 VOCs were identified from flour alone, 32 VOCs from T. castaneumand 39 VOCs from T. castaneum infested flour. The compound 2-ethyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione is only found in T. castaneum infested flour.This suggests that 2-ethyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione can be a useful VOC for detecting T. castaneum in flour.
Keywords: Flour; Tribolium castaneum (Herbst); Volatile organic compounds; Solid phase microextraction (SPME); Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
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