Skip to content
2000
Volume 5, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 1573-4110
  • E-ISSN: 1875-6727

Abstract

The production of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by plants is well known. However, few scientific groups have studied VOC produced by green, brown and red algae. Headspace collection of volatiles and solid phase microextraction, as well as the traditional extraction by hydrodistillation combined with analytical chromatographic techniques (i.e., GC-MS), have significantly improved the investigation of VOC from plants and algae. The major volatile compounds found in seaweeds are hydrocarbons, terpenes, phenols, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, fatty acids and halogen or sulfur-containing compounds. This article presents an overview of VOC isolated from and identified in marine macro-algae. Focus is given to non-halogenated and non-sulfur volatile compounds, as well as strategies to analyze and identify algal VOC by GC-MS.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/cac/10.2174/157341109788680255
2009-07-01
2025-06-12
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/content/journals/cac/10.2174/157341109788680255
Loading

  • Article Type:
    Research Article
Keyword(s): Algae; Analysis; Extraction methods; GC-MS; Volatile organic compounds
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
Please enter a valid_number test