Abstract:
17 volatile organic acids in tinctures of Radix angelica Pubescens, coffee, date, cacao, licorice, ling vanilla, hop, fenugreek, Aglaia odorata, vanilla for the use of tobacco were determined. The samples were extracted with ASE, then derived with N, O-bis (trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide, and determined by GC/MS under SIM SCAN modes. The results showed that:1) the recoveries of the acids ranged from 76.62% to 107.60% with RSDs below 10.43%; 2) formic, acetic, propanoic, butyric, pentanoic, hexanoic, lactic, 2-furoic, heptanoic, benzoic, octanoic, nonanoic, and decanoic acids were found in all tincture samples, and the majority were formic, acetic, lactic, 2-furoic, and benzoic acids, while neither 3-methylvaleric acid nor 4-methylvaleric acid was detected. Minor 2-methylbutyric acid was identified in coffee and cacao tinctures, 3-methylbutyric acid was found in fenugreek, coffee, cacao, hop, Aglaia odorata, and date tinctures, which was one of the major acids in hop tincture.