A novel mobile laboratory device integrating miniaturized extraction and GC / FID systems has been developed and applied for the field analysis of wild thyme at the flowering stage. This convenient device provides analytical results within 10 minutes (i.e. 1 min for extraction plus 9 min for full GC/FID analysis) using only a 100-mg aliquot of fresh plants. This mobile laboratory is suitable for field analysis allowing the rapid selection in situ of the most promising plants chemotypes to use for subsequent agro-botanical works.
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