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. 2023 Aug 10;19:100835. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2023.100835

Table 2.

The odor descriptions and rOAVs of VOCs identified by HS–SPME–GC–MS.

VOCs Odor descriptions Thresholda (mg/kg) rOAV
Seed Pulp Peel
Linalool Floral, citrus-like, fruity 0.00022 100.00 100.00 100.00
Isocaryophyllene Citrus-like 0.02 18.56 25.94 0.00
β-Myrcene Woody, resinous, musty 0.0012 13.01 0.00 0.00
Benzeneacetaldehyde Honey, sweet 0.0063 11.15 2.81 4.16
β-methylnaphthalene Sweet, floral 0.003 6.86 12.22 5.08
Geraniol Rose-like, citrus-like 0.0066 5.05 2.87 0.00
Decanal Fresh, plastic-like 0.003 4.26 0.00 0.00
4-methylacetophenone Almond-like 0.021 3.78 1.63 7.33
Naphthalene Pungent, tarry 0.006 2.84 0.00 0.00
Benzaldehyde Honey, floral, almond-like 0.75089 0.39 0.04 0.07
6-Methylhept-5-en-2-one Citrus-like 0.068 0.39 0.29 0.61
α-Phellandrene Citrus-like, terpenic, herbal, pine-like 0.04 0.35 0.61 1.65
Geranyl acetate Floral, rose-like, fruity 0.15 0.27 0.50 0.41
Nerolidol Floral 2.25 0.07 0.12 0.08
γ-Terpinene Terpenic, oily, woody, lemon-like 1 0.06 0.08 0.12
α-Sinensal Citrus-like 0.22 0.00 0.21 0.70
p-Cresol Muddy 0.0039 0.00 0.00 13.45
a

The thresholds were from the literature, measured in water (Gemert, 2011, Zhai and Granvogl, 2019).