Identification of the Botanical Origin of Commercial Pine Nuts Responsible for Dysgeusia by Gas-Liquid Chromatography Analysis of Fatty Acid Profile

Table 1

Information and identification of the botanical origins of 16 different commercial products collected from subjects who experienced dysgeusia. Determination of the botanical origin was performed by analysis of the fatty acid profile according to published method [5].

Sample code	Collection period	Country of the trademark	Symptoms	Botanical identity determined from fatty acid profile
1	July 2009	Belgium	dysgeusia, abdominal dyscomfort	Pinus armandii
2	October 2010	France	dysgeusia	Mixture of Pinus koraiensis and Pinus armandii
3	December 2008	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Mixture of Pinus koraiensis and Pinus armandii
4	—	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
5	—	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
6	July 2010	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
7	July 2008	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
8	July 2008	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
9	July 2008	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Mixture of Pinus koraiensis and Pinus armandii
10	July 2008	—	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
11	March 2010	Belgium	dysgeusia	Mixture of Pinus koraiensis and Pinus armandii
12	July 2010	Netherlands	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
13	April 2010	New-Zealand	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
14	April 2010	Belgium	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
15	April 2010	Belgium	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii
16	April 2010	Belgium	dysgeusia	Pinus armandii