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4. Results and Discussion

Initial tests were played employing a polar CW-DVB fiber since aglycones are minimal, and consequently, polar compounds. Since solasodine is less volatile than solanidine, examination by GC demanded derivatization. The fiber was fell right away into a glass capillary comprising a 20 _L yardstick combination of solanidine and cholesterol in methanol comprising 5% acetic corrosive (300 mg/L for each one). A capillary was had a preference alternatively of a vial due to the high charge and constricted measures of commercially obtainable standards. That is to declare that less yardstick was needed for examination when capillary tubes were used. With the capillary set up only a small number microliters of test was employed for extraction. In a fresh study engaging adsorption sort SPME tasting in a capillary, it was deduced that the shortened diffusion way privileged the attainment of equilibrium and tiny size of test lessened the probable interference from matrix. Furthermore, the large point in time ratio (coating/sample) assist the whole extraction of the analytes having worse dissemination constants “(Zhu et al. 2003)”. Thirty minutes tasting time was picked initially. After finishing completely the extraction step the fibre was left in the headspace of a 4-mL vial in which derivatization reagent was present at the foundation of the vial. The allotment of TMSI changed the yield of derivatization. Under these circumstances, two peaks were received for each join concurrently, corresponding to the derivatized and non-derivatized forms.

Increasing the allotment of TMSI to 40 _L and diminishing the attentiveness of solanidine and cholesterol (30 mg/L for each one) generated entirely derivatized compounds. Total ion GC-MS chromatograms and mass spectra of each join concurrently were received (Figure 3.4). Both solanidine and cholesterol generated mono-TMS derivatives with molecular ion peaks at m/z 469 and m/z 458, respectively. Under the matching circumstances derivatized solasodine could not be observed in GC-MS. For this justification, extraction and derivatization times were advanced to 60 min. To avert recollection upshots the CW-DVB fibers were additionally seared at 250 oC for 5 minutes after finishing completely the chromatographic injection.

After the first extraction, derivatization, and desorption cycle, the matching GC-MS examined fiber was uncovered to the vapours of 40 L novel aliquot of TMSI without any adjoined extraction step for 30 min. In its GC-MS spectrum (Figure 3.6), solasodine presented the di-TMS derivative after silylation with foundation apex at m/z 125 and at m/z 559 [M++2H+]. According to the books the tetrahydrofuran ring unfastens, after which the formed hydroxyl gathering has been bound to the TMS ...