an Agilent 5977B mass selective detector (Agilent Technologies, Inc.,
Santa Clara, CA, USA) was used for all analyses. Separations were
performed on an SLB-5 ms column (30 m × 0.25 mm × 0.25 μm
df; Supelco). Helium carrier gas was used throughout this work, with
a constant flow rate of 1 mL min–1. The system was
equipped with a SPME Merlin Microseal (Merlin Instrument Company,
Newark, DE, USA), and the inlet was maintained at a temperature of
250 °C. Splitless injection was used for all samples, and each
SPME fiber was desorbed for 2 min within a SPME inlet liner (Supelco).
The initial GC oven temperature was 40 °C for 5 min after which
the oven was temperature-programmed to increase at a rate of 10 °C
min–1 to 270 °C. The MS was operated at a scan
rate of 3.94 s–1, with a scan range of 35–400 m/z, ion source temperature 230 °C
and ionizing energy of 70 eV.