TY - JOUR AU - Othman, Abrizah AU - Goggin, Kirstie A. AU - Tahir, Noor Idayu AU - Brodrick, Emma AU - Singh, Rajinder AU - Sambanthamurthi, Ravigadevi AU - Parveez, Ghulam K. A. AU - Davies, Antony N. AU - Murad, Abdul J. AU - Muhammad, Nor H. AU - Ramli, Umi S. AU - Murphy, Denis J. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/04/16 TI - Use of headspace–gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry to detect volatile fingerprints of palm fibre oil and sludge palm oil in samples of crude palm oil JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 229 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The addition of residual oils such as palm fibre oil (PFO) and sludge palm oil (SPO) to crude palm oil (CPO) can be problematic within supply chains. PFO is thought to aggravate the accumulation of monochloropropanediols (MCPDs) in CPO, whilst SPO is an acidic by-product of CPO milling and is not fit for human consumption. Traditional targeted techniques to detect such additives are costly, time-consuming and require highly trained operators. Therefore, we seek to assess the use of gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (GC–IMS) for rapid, cost-effective screening of CPO for the presence of characteristic PFO and SPO volatile organic compound (VOC) fingerprints. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4263-7 DO - 10.1186/s13104-019-4263-7 ID - Othman2019 ER -