Simultaneous determination of toxic compounds produced during fermentation of wine.

The objective of this study was to investigate the need to use of GC×GC to quantify toxic compounds (acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, ethyl carbamate and acrolein) produced during the fermentation of Syrah wine

Evaluation of toxic compounds produced during the elaboration of Syrah wines.

The objective of this study was to verify the occurrence of four toxic compounds (acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, ethyl carbamate and acrolein) in Syrah wines through the use of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry detection

Influence of stage of ripeness and time of maceration of Syrah grapes on levels of toxic compounds in wines.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of ripeness stage and time of maceration of Syrah grapes on the levels of six toxic compounds (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, ethyl carbamate, furan, furfural and acrolein) formed during the vinification

Characterization of risk exposure to carbonyl and furan compounds through wine consumption.

The objective of this study was to: (i) quantify acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, ethyl carbamate, furan, furfural and acrolein in wine using headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometric detection (GC×GC/TOFMS) and (ii) characterize the risk of exposure to these toxic compounds through wine consumption

Evaluating the typicality of the aroma of Syrah tropical wines from the Sub-middle São Francisco Valley employing gas chromatography coupled to olfactometry detection (GC-O).

With the aim to evaluate the peculiarities of wines produced in that region, this study focused on the characterization of the volatile profile and the determination of key odorant compounds in Syrah wine. Syrah wine was prepared at Embrapa Semiarido, Petrolina-PE from grapes obtained from a winery located in the city of Casa Nova-BA

Characterization of volatile and sensory profile of Cabernet Sauvignon wines produced in six different vineyards of the Campanha Gaúcha region, Brazil.

XV Congresso Latino-Americano de Viticultura e Enologia E XIII Congresso Brasileiro de Viticultura e Enologia. Bento Gonçalves-RS, 3 a 7 de Novembro de 2015

Entropy production by resonance decays

We investigate entropy production for an expanding system of particles and resonances with isospin symmetry -- in our case pions and $\rho$ mesons -- within the framework of relativistic kinetic theory. A cascade code to simulate the kinetic equations is developed and results for entropy production and particle spectra are presented.Comment: 17 pages, 10 ps-figures included, only change: preprint number adde

Pion-Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions at SIS energies

We investigate the production of pions in heavy-ion collisions in the energy range of $1$ - $2$ GeV/A. The dynamics of the nucleus-nucleus collisions is described by a set of coupled transport equations of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck type for baryons and mesons. Besides the $N(938)$ and the $\Delta(1232)$ we also take into account nucleon resonances up to masses of $1.9 GeV/c^2$ as well as $\pi$-, $\eta$- and $\rho$-mesons. We study in detail the influence of the higher baryonic resonances and the $2\pi$-production channels ($NN\to NN \pi\pi$) on the pion spectra in comparison to $\pi^-$ data from $Ar + KCl$ collisions at $1.8$ GeV/A and $\pi^0$-data for $Au+Au$ at 1.0 GeV/A. We, furthermore, present a detailed comparison of differential pion angular distributions with the BEVALAC data for Ar + KCl at 1.8 GeV/A. The general agreement obtained indicates that the overall reactions dynamics is well described by our novel transport approach.Comment: 31 pages, 18 figures (inlcuded), to appear in Z. Phys.

Mach Cones in Quark Gluon Plasma

The experimental azimuthal dihadron distributions at RHIC show a double peak structure in the away side ($\Delta \phi = \pi \pm 1.2$ rad.) for intermediate $p_t$ particles. A variety of models have appeared trying to describe this modification. We will review most of them, with special emphasis in the Conical Flow scenario in which the observed shape is a consequence of the emission of sound by a supersonic high momentum particle propagating in the Quark Gluon Plasma.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, Invited plenary talk given at the 19th International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2006 (QM 2006), Shanghai, China, 14-20 Nov 200

Evolution of anthocyanin content during grape ripening and characterization of the phenolic profile of the resulting wine by comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography.

Abstract: The typical phenolic profile in grapes is characterized by its complexity both in terms of number of diverse chemical structures and their variation during ripening. Besides, the specific phenolic composition of grapes directly influences the presence of those components in the resulting wine. In this contribution, a new method based on the application of comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array detector and tandem mass spectrometry has been developed to obtain the typical phenolic profile of Malbec grapes cultivated in Brazil. Moreover, the method has been demonstrated to be useful to study how the phenolic composition in grapes evolved during a 10-week ripening period. Main detected compounds in grapes and in the wine derived from them were anthocyanins, although a good number of polymeric flavan-3-ols were also tentatively identified, among other compounds. Results show how the amount of anthocyanins present in grapes was increased during ripening up to 5-6 weeks and then decreased towards week 9. The two-dimensional approach applied was demonstrated to be useful for the characterization of the complex phenolic profile of these samples, involving more than 40 different structures and has the potential to be further applied to the study of this important fraction is different grapes and wines systematically