Perlite filtration of phenolic compounds from cigarette smoke

Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2013 Jan;16(1):73-7. doi: 10.2174/1386207311316010009.

Abstract

Adsorption of phenolic compounds and chemical analysis of them from a local production cigarette (named by Farvardin cigarette) smoke have been investigated by using perlite filtration. In this research, the mainstream smoke was tested by three filtration methods: Perlite filter, Cambridge filter and general cigarette filter. Then the used filter was extracted by pure methanol as solvent. After that, the extracted solution was analysed by GC-MS. By this consideration, the phenolic derivatives such as phenol, hydroquinone, resorcinol, pyrocatechol, m-cresol, p-cresol and o-cresol were detected. The structure of the perlite filtration after absorption was studied by SEM. In addition, its chemical structure was investigated by XRD and XRF.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide / chemistry*
  • Filtration / instrumentation*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / analysis*

Substances

  • Phenols
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution
  • Perlite
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Aluminum Oxide