Decoding honey-sweet flavored flue-cured tobacco from Guizhou with data science and flavoromics by volatile and cell wall components.

ABSTRACT: Nicotiana tabacum L. is often called tobacco. The aroma of flue-cured tobacco (FCT) varies according to the origin and grade. In this study, volatiles and plant cell wall components (CWC) were used to differentiate aroma types and grades of FCT, with a focus on the honey-sweet flavored FCT from Guizhou, China. Volatiles were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, while CWC (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin) were quantified. Results indicated that upper leaf (Grade B) tobacco contained higher volatile levels than middle leaf (Grade C). Multivariate analyses-Principal component analysis (PCA), orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), and logistic regression (LR) identified 27 key volatiles contributing t

SUBMITTER: Zhong R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521107 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature