Aroma Office 2D (Gerstel K.K.) is an integrated software approach for simultaneous processing of both retention index (RI) and mass spectral (MS) data for rapid and improved identification of flavor compounds. The program can be integrated into Agilent Chemstation Software and searches are performed using CAS numbers of candidate compounds after library searching and corresponding automatically generated RI values. When MS signals are too weak to be used the software allows two RI values from orthogonal columns (after GC-O organoleptic evaluation) to be cross searched in the database. This offers a very useful additional identification procedure for flavor compounds. The searchable database comprises >10,000 compounds and offers the practicing analyst full results oriented software manipulation of RI and MS data on flavor compounds.

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Olfactory Data Interpreter (ODI)

GERSTEL Enterprise Edition powered by OpenChrom

The GERSTEL Olfactory Data Interpreter (ODI) enables fast and reliable evaluation of olfactory information including identification of unknown odor-active compounds. Chromatography data is typically acquired using a mass spectrometer / mass selective detector (MSD), a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) or a Sulfur Chemiluminescence Dectector (SCD) or a combination thereof. The chromatogram is loaded into the ODI software, which automatically recognizes the chromatogram data format before importing the data. In parallel, an olfactogram is imported with information provided by the user as he or she assessed odors eluting from the GC column in parallel with the detection process during the GC run. The olfactogram combines spoken comments from the sensory analyst and the registered intensities along a time axis. The „Olfactory Intensity Device“ (OID) conveniently enables the user to indicate the intensity of the olfactory impression as it transpires. Text comments are added using voice recognition software to translate spoken descriptors. The combined information is presented in the ODI-Software in a clear and concise overview including a chromatogram, an olfactogram and a table.

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