Keywords
cellulose, cotton, forensic, indigo, lc-esi-ms, oligosaccharides
Abstract
Research was conducted on thirteen 100% cotton denim samples using an acid wash, established by Murray, to extract oligosaccharides from the cellulosic material. The oligosaccharide ion groups (+, +, and +) for molecules with degrees of polymerization between two and seven (DP2-DP7) were analyzed using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry with an electrospray ionization interface (LC-ESI-MS). The results were compared using the least-squares means in a Multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) test followed by Univariate ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests and demonstrated that the method could correctly determine that two samples were statistically different 85.9% of the time when analyzing the amount (ng) of each of the oligosaccharide ion groups separately, and 82.0% when analyzing the total moles of monosaccharide units released. A dye extraction was performed on the denim materials and the extract analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Indigo dye was present in all of the denim samples except one. When these results were combined with the two oligosaccharide statistical analyses, the discriminating power was increased to 88.5% and 85.9%, respectively. Additional cellulosic materials were also investigated including four white 100% cotton t-shirts as well as five raw cotton samples grown in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Iran, and Benin West Africa. The analytical methodology gave results for the white cotton t-shirts and raw cotton samples that were inconsistent with those obtained from the denim samples.
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Graduation Date
2008
Advisor
Sigman, Michael
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Degree Program
Forensic Science
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002068
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002068
Language
English
Release Date
April 2009
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Frisch, Jessica, "Chromatographic And Mass Spectral Analyses Of Oligosaccharides And Indigo Dye Extracted From Cotton Textiles With Manova And Ano" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3625.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3625