Volatile flavors of Basma tobacco by Vacuum Tobacco Conditioning (VTC) and Compressed Tobacco Conditioning (CTC) treatments were analyzed by Gas Chromatogaphy.
The Results obtained from this experiment are as following:
1. As Basma tobacco leaves were processed by VTC treatment, the amounts of volatile components of benzyl alcohol, phenyl acetaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate were reduced, while that of damascone was increased.
2. After CTC treatment the reduced volatile flavors of Basma tobacco leaves were benzyl alcohol, 7-undecane+Linalool, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, thymol, dibutyl phthalate, n-pentacosane and n-hexacosane, while the increasing components were furfural, phenyl acetate and n-eicosane.
3. In order to minimize the change of flavoring components of Basma tobacco leaves during the preconditioning, we should plan to improve the working method to minimize the heating and steam flow and to treat at the lower temperature and within short time.
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