Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Toxicology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-10-2015
Journal or Book Title
PLoS One
Volume
10
Issue
12
First Page
e0144160
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0144160
Abstract
Recent US legislation permitting recreational use of marijuana in certain states brings the use of marijuana odor as probable cause for search and seizure to the forefront of forensic science, once again. This study showed the use of solid-phase microextraction with multidimensional gas chromatography—mass spectrometry and simultaneous human olfaction to characterize the total aroma of marijuana. The application of odor activity analysis offers an explanation as to why high volatile chemical concentration does not equate to most potent odor impact of a certain compound. This suggests that more attention should be focused on highly odorous compounds typically present in low concentrations, such as nonanal, decanol, o-cymene, benzaldehyde, which have more potent odor impact than previously reported marijuana headspace volatiles.
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Copyright Owner
Rice, Koziel
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
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application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Rice, Somchai and Koziel, Jacek A., "Characterizing the Smell of Marijuana by Odor Impact of Volatile Compounds: An Application of Simultaneous Chemical and Sensory Analysis" (2015). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 710.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/710
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This article is from PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144160. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144160. Posted with permission.