Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Pepper Seeds by GC/MS

Abstract

This experiment studies the volatile ingredients of pepper seeds which are from Shanxi and Sichuan Provinces by GC/MS instrument. The data compares with the standard spectrum through computer retrieval, identifies main ingredient of two origin pepper seeds. The results show that the pepper seeds contain mainly a-hydroxypropionate, glycerol, gluconic acid, twenty-one-carbon unsaturated fatty acids, disaccharides and squalene. Squalene in Sichuan pepper seeds has higher contents than it in Shanxi pepper seeds.