Green coffee oil analysis by high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

In this work, we show how an extensive and fast quantification of the main components in green coffee oil can be achieved by NMR, with minimal sample manipulation and use of organic solvents. The approach is based on the integration of characteristic NMR signals, selected because of their similar relaxation properties and because they fall in similar spectral regions, which minimizes offset effects. Quantification of glycerides, together with their fatty acid components (oleic, linoleic, linolenic and saturated) and minor species (caffeine, cafestol, kahweol and 16-O-methylcafestol), is achieved in less than 1 h making use of H-1 and C-13 spectroscopy. The compositional data obtained are in reasonable agreement with classical chromatographic analyses. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.