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Discrimination of three tobacco types (Burley, Virginia and Oriental) by pyrolysis single-photon ionisation–time-of-flight mass spectrometry and advanced statistical methods

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Pyrolysis single-photon ionisation (SPI)–time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) and statistical analysis techniques have been applied to differentiate three major tobacco types, Burley, Virginia and Oriental, by means of the gas phase. SPI is known as a soft ionisation technique that allows fast and comprehensive on-line monitoring of a large variety of aliphatic and aromatic substances without fragmentation of the molecule ions. The tobacco samples were pyrolysed at 800°C in a nitrogen atmosphere. The resulting pyrolysis gas contained signals from more than 70 masses between m/z 5 and 170. Mass spectra obtained were analysed by principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to distinguish between different tobacco types. Prior variable reduction of the data set was carried out by calculation of the Fisher ratios. Results achieved give information about chemical composition and characteristics of the smoke derived from each tobacco type and enable conclusions on plant cultivation to be drawn. Based on LDA, a model for tobacco type recognition of unknown samples was established, which was cross-checked by additional measurements of each tobacco type. Furthermore, first results on the recognition of tobacco mixtures based on principal component regression (PCR) are presented.

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  1. Institute of Ecological Chemistry, GSF—National Research Center for Environment and Health, 85764, Neuherberg Munich, Germany

    T. Adam, T. Ferge, S. Mitschke, T. Streibel & R. Zimmermann

  2. Analytical Chemistry, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 86159, Augsburg, Germany

    T. Adam, T. Ferge, S. Mitschke, T. Streibel & R. Zimmermann

  3. BIfA GmbH, Am Mittleren Moos 46, 86167, Augsburg, Germany

    R. Zimmermann

  4. British American Tobacco, R&D Centre, Southampton, UK

    R. R. Baker

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Adam, T., Ferge, T., Mitschke, S. et al. Discrimination of three tobacco types (Burley, Virginia and Oriental) by pyrolysis single-photon ionisation–time-of-flight mass spectrometry and advanced statistical methods. Anal Bioanal Chem 381, 487–499 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-004-2935-0

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