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. 2013 Jun 20;13(6):7939–7978. doi: 10.3390/s130607939

Table 5S.

Operational conditions of TD-GC-TOF MS system for the analysis of fresh and decaying strawberry.

[A] Sampling information of strawberry volatiles

a. Information of strawberry for sampling

Order Sample code Storage time (day) Storage temp. (°C )


1 SRD-0 0 25
2 SRD-1 1 25
3 SRD-3 3 25
4 SRD-6 6 25
5 SRD-9 9 25

Initial weight = 50.09 g
b. Sampling approach

Sampler: 3 bed sorbent tube
Purge gas: Nitrogen (>99.999%)
Purge gas flow: 50 mL·min−1
Pump model: MP-Σ30 (Sibata, Japan)
Heater model: TC200P (Korea)

[B] Instrumental setups for VOC analysis

a. GC (Shimadzu GC-2010, Japan) and MS (Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010, Japan) Column: CP Wax (diameter: 0.25 mm, length: 60 m, and film thickness: 0.25 μm )

Oven setting Detector setting


Initial temp: 35 °C (10 min) Ionization mode: EI (70 eV)
Ramp rate: 6 °C·min −1 Ion source temp.: 200 °C
Max oven temp: 215 °C (10 min) Interface temp.: 200 °C
Total time: 50 min TIC scan range: 35∼260 m/z
Carrier gas: He (99.999%)
Carrier gas flow: 1 mL·min −1

b. Thermal desorber (Unity, Markes, UK)

Cold trap sorbent: Tenax TA + Carbopack B (volume ratio=1:1) (diameter: 2 mm and sorbent bed length = 5 mm)
Split ratio: 1:5 Adsorption temp.: -10 °C
Split flow: 5 mL·min−1 Desorption temp.: 320 °C
Trap hold time: 20 min Flow path temp: 150 °C

c. Sorbent (Sampling) Tube

Sorbent material: Tenax TA + Carbopack B + Carboxen 1000 (mass (mg)=100 : 100: 100 )
Desorption flow: 50 mL·min−1
Desorption time: 5 min Desorption temp.: 300 °C