Rapid identification of volatile compounds in fresh seaweed.

Volatile component profiles of fresh seaweed Laminaria spp and Undaria pinnatífida were analyzed using dynamic headspace for volatile profile evaluation, which allows the direct analysis of small quantities of sample without previous treatment and have been identified by GC-MS. Alcohols were the most important class of volatile compounds identified in Wakame and Kombu (25 and 29% respectively); nine alcohols were identified. The hydrocarbons group constitute the second most important family of volatiles, in both samples entire similar % area total 13-14%, being the butane the most abundant hydrocarbon. Aldehydes and halogenated compounds are higher in Laminaria spp (10-9% total area), whereas Undaria pinnatifida presents 4-0.23% respectively.

Analysis of non-anthocyanin phenolic compounds in wine samples using high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet and fluorescence detection.

A simple and rapid HPLC method with UV and fluorescence detection (FLD) for the separation of ten phenolic compounds including gallic acid, catechin, epicatechin, caffeic acid, coumaric, trans-piceid, cis-piceid, trans-resveratrol, cis-resveratrol and quercetin is reported. The UV and fluorescence detector in series provided a high selectivity for the determination of these compounds. Precisions, recoveries and LODs achieved for all the analytes were satisfactory. The proposed method was applied to the determination of these compounds in commercially available red wines.