I-IV -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SAMPLE PREPARATION -- PREREQUISITES FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION IN FLAVOUR ANALYSIS -- COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS FROM AQUEOUS MODEL SYSTEMS -- SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT OF VOLATILES BY GAS-WATER PARTITION IN CON- AND COUNTERCURRENT COLUMNS -- ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES -- STATE-OF-THE-ART FUSED SILICA CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY: FLAVOR PROBLEM APPLICATIONS -- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENANTIOMER SEPARATION BY CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY -- COMPARISON OF GLC CAPILLARIES -- THE USE OF ATD-50 SYSTEM WITH FUSED SILICA CAPILLARIES IN DYNAMIC HEADSPACE ANALYSIS -- COUPLED GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR SEPARATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX MIXTURES: MDGC, GC-MS, GC-IR, LC-GC -- CONCENTRATION AND GC-MS ANALYSIS OF TRACE VOLATILES BY SORPTION- DESORPTION TECHNIQUES -- THE ANALYSIS OF TRACE COMPONENTS USING THE TOTAL TRANSFER TECHNIQUE IN COUPLED COLUMN SYSTEMS -- CAPILLARY GC-FTIR ANALYSIS OF VOLATILES: HRGC-FTIR -- APPLICATION OF DIRECT CARBON-13 NMR SPECTROSCOPY IN THE ANALYSIS OF VOLATILES -- APPLICATIONS -- APPLICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION CAPILLARY COLUMNS ON FLAVOR AND FRAGRANCE ANALYSIS -- THE ANALYSIS OF ODOR-ACTIVE VOLATILES IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC EFFLUENTS -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SNIFFING-TECHNIQUE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ODOUR THRESHOLDS AND DETECTION OF AROMA IMPACTS OF TRACE VOLATILES -- THE USE OF HRGC-FTIR IN TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVOUR ANALYSIS -- THE APPLICATION OF HIGH AND LOW RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY IN GC/MS COUPLING FOR ANALYZING COMPLEX VOLATILE MIXTURES OF PLANT TISSUE CULTURES -- FORMATION AND ANALYSIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE AROMA COMPOUNDS -- STEREOISOMERS OF FRUIT FLAVOUR SUBSTANCES - SOME ASPECTS OF SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS -- SIMULTANEOUS DISTILLATION ADSORPTION AND ITS APPLICATION -- A "CLOSED-LOOP-STRIPPING" TECHNIQUE AS A VERSATILE TOOL FOR METABOLIC STUDIES OF VOLATILES -- APPLICATION OF A DYNAMIC HEADSPACE PROCEDURE IN FRUIT FLAVOUR ANALYSIS -- HEADSPACE ANALYSIS FOR THE STUDY OF AROMA COMPOUNDS IN MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS -- SORPTIVE ENRICHMENT AND ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS IN DRINKING JUICES -- VOLATILES IN RELATION TO AROMA IN THE BERRIES OF RUBUS ARCTICUS COLL. -- ANALYSIS OF COFFEE HEADSPACE PROFILES BY MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- 471-472