Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Four Aldehydes in Gas Phase of Mainstream Smoke by Headspace Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Table 5

Comparison of aldehydes in cigarette smoke with literature values (μg/cig).

CompoundThis methodCoresta Method [8]Ding YS, et al. [9]Sampson MM, et al. [10]

Acetaldehyde524.6552.0659620
Propionaldehyde42.442.062.0-
Acrolein41.848.058.0-
Crotonaldehyde13.411.014.09.51

-: not reported in the literature.