Enantiomeric Analysis of Flavor Compounds by Multiple Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

A quality assessment method for eight commercially available optically active flavor compounds: menthol, menthyl acetate, perillaldehyde, 1,8-cineole, α-pinene, limonene, neomenthol, and neomenthyl acetate, was developed for commercial foods. The simultaneous determination of the eight flavor compounds and the optical purity test for the complete enantiomeric separation of each flavor compound were achieved by gas chromatography-mass...