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AbstractAn investigation of Cuban Spirulina platensisvolatile compounds was done using GC/MS. The isolation techniques applied were: steam distillation, Likens-Nickerson simultaneous distillation-solvent extraction, static and dynamic headspace analysis and liquid-liquid extraction. The characterization of volatile components of S. platensisin Cuba, has not been attempted before and was the main objective of this work, with more than 50 compounds successfully identified of which β-ionone epoxide, heptadecane and dihydroactinodiolide were the most abundant.