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Analysis of Vanillin and Its Related Degradation Products in Electronic Cigarettes

Batista, Jazmyn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1639759019960227

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2021, Bachelor of Science, Ashland University, Chemistry/Geology/Physics.
The use of electronic cigarettes has increased a lot in recent years, especially within teen groups, despite little being known about their effects on the body. This research project aimed to determine the effects of the flavoring compounds used in e-cigarette liquids, specifically how these compounds break down during the process of vaping. The compound vanillin, responsible for vanilla flavoring, was analyzed to determine possible degradation products between e-cigarette liquids before and after they were vaped. Fourteen e-liquids were “vaped” through an apparatus, and samples of each e-liquid pre- and post-vaping were analyzed by HPLC and GC-MS. From the HPLC data results, three of the analyzed e-liquids had the potential to contain vanillin degradation products, since the amount of vanillin they contained decreased from the pre- to post-vaped sample. The results from the GC-MS data show that five of the e-liquids had one or multiple differences between the pre- and post-vaped sample chromatograms, indicating a new compound had appeared in the post-vaped sample. Of these five, only four e-liquids contained possible degradation product(s) of vanillin.
Robert Bergosh, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Perry Corbin, Ph.D. (Other)
Brian Mohney, Ph.D. (Other)
27 p.
Chemistry
electronic cigarettes; HPLC; GC-MS; break down of flavor compounds

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  • Batista, J. (2021). Analysis of Vanillin and Its Related Degradation Products in Electronic Cigarettes [Undergraduate thesis, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1639759019960227

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Batista, Jazmyn. Analysis of Vanillin and Its Related Degradation Products in Electronic Cigarettes. 2021. Ashland University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1639759019960227.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Batista, Jazmyn. "Analysis of Vanillin and Its Related Degradation Products in Electronic Cigarettes." Undergraduate thesis, Ashland University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1639759019960227

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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