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Chemical composition of volatile compounds in two red seaweeds, Pterocladiella capillacea and Osmundaria obtusiloba, using static headspace gas chromatography mass spectrometry

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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the red seaweeds Pterocladiella capillacea and Osmundaria obtusiloba were obtained by static headspace extraction and then analyzed qualitatively by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and quantitatively by gas chromatography (GC) equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID). In total, 31 constituents were identified in the two species of algae. In P. capillacea, among the 21 constituents (100%), the major ones were hexanal (50.4%), 2-pentylfuran (9.2%), and heptadecene (8.8%). In O. obtusiloba, of the 21 constituents (100%), the most representatives were heptadecene (57.3%), hexanal (20.5%), and 1-pentadecene (2.6%). This is the first report on the identification and quantification of VOCs in the Rhodophyta, P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba.

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The authors would like to express their thanks for the grants and financial support received from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), the Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (FUNCAP), and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) of the Brazilian Government. AH Sampaio and CS Nagano are senior investigators of CNPq (Brazil).

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de Alencar, D.B., Diniz, J.C., Rocha, S.A.S. et al. Chemical composition of volatile compounds in two red seaweeds, Pterocladiella capillacea and Osmundaria obtusiloba, using static headspace gas chromatography mass spectrometry. J Appl Phycol 29, 1571–1576 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-1020-3

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