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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Methods. 2014 May 12;6(13):4698–4704. doi: 10.1039/C4AY00271G

Table 2.

Method precision and accuracy for flavors standards added onto a blank 3R4F tobacco matrix at three concentrations (approx. 250, 750, and 5000 μg/g).

Compound Level Standard
Level
(μg/g)
Accuracy
(Recovery,%)
Precision
(CV,%)
Eucalyptol Low 251 103.6 0.7
Medium 753 105.0 1.7
High 5020 101.5 1.5

Camphor Low 243 106.3 0.9
Medium 729 105.4 2.4
High 4860 101.6 1.5

Menthol Low 252 106.6 0.5
Medium 757 104.3 3.0
High 5040 101.6 1.4

Methyl Salicylate Low 259 103.0 1.6
Medium 777 102.3 2.7
High 5180 101.5 1.4

Pulegone Low 245 103.5 0.7
Medium 736 103.9 2.7
High 4910 102.0 1.3

Cinnamaldehyde Low 251 100.6 0.7
Medium 753 102.6 2.4
High 5020 101.9 1.1

Ethyl Salicylate Low 253 101.6 0.8
Medium 760 103.1 2.7
High 5070 101.9 1.2

Eugenol Low 246 93.9 0.7
Medium 737 97.9 2.0
High 4910 101.7 1.0

Diphenyl Ether Low 251 105.5 1.1
Medium 754 105.1 2.3
High 5028 101.2 1.1

Coumarin Low 254 101.6 1.0
Medium 762 101.5 1.0
High 5080 101.0 1.2

Average 102.4 1.5