Determination of Furaneol and p-Vinylguaiacol in Orange Juice Employing Differential UV Wavelength and Fluorescence Detection with a Unified Solid Phase Extraction

Mark Walsh, Russell Rouseff*, Michael Naim

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Abstract

A unified sample preparation and modified chromatographic procedure were developed to determine two major off-flavors in orange juice, p-vinylguaiacol (PVG) and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (DMHF or Furaneol). Furaneol was quantified using the absorbance difference between 335 and 292 nm. This procedure helped identify Furaneol by suppressing an interfering peak that developed in juice during storage. The C18 solid phase extraction procedure isolated both PVG and Furaneol from orange juice into a single extract. A 30 min reversed-phase HPLC gradient method employing UV and fluorescence detectors in series was also developed for the determination of both off-flavors from a single injection. The ternary solvent system consisted of water, methanol, and acetonitrile. Recovery studies yielded mean recoveries of 99.9% ± 2.3% for Furaneol (0.3, 1.0, and 10.0 ppm) and 100.0% ± 1.2% for PVG (0.05, 2.0, and 5.0 ppm), thus demonstrating that the unified solid phase procedure quantitatively isolated both compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1320-1324
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume45
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1997

Keywords

  • Citrus
  • Peak suppression
  • PVG
  • Storage off-flavors

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