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. 2013 Jun 20;13(6):7939–7978. doi: 10.3390/s130607939

Table 9S.

Log normal relationship between different types of odor threshold (ppbv) and molecular weight to assess the odor strength patterns of strawberry volatiles.

Groups A. Ester B. Alcohol C. Aldehyde D. Ketone Sum of all groups b





All data Optimal fit a All data All data Optimal fit All data Optimal fit All data Optimal fit
Number of data (n = 31) (n = 28) (n = 14) (n = 9) (n = 6) (n = 8) (n = 6) (n = 62) (n = 54)
[A] Slope c

Min −0.0237 −0.0336 −0.0357 −0.0043 −0.0086 −0.0152 −0.0171 −0.0222 −0.0256
Max −0.0296 −0.0406 −0.0507 −0.0161 −0.0187 −0.0253 −0.0366 −0.0351 −0.0415
Geo mean −0.0263 −0.0367 −0.0432 −0.0098 −0.0142 −0.0197 −0.0268 −0.0286 −0.0329

[B] R2

Min 0.1511 0.2842 0.5048 0.0231 0.4825 0.1360 0.3959 0.2171 0.2897
Max 0.1906 0.3363 0.8397 0.4396 0.8833 0.2113 0.9237 0.4260 0.5743
Geo mean 0.1743 0.3188 0.7164 0.1934 0.8730 0.1885 0.6547 0.3384 0.4473

[C] p-value

Min 3.07E-02 3.49E-03 4.40E-03 6.96E-01 1.26E-01 3.69E-01 1.81E-01 1.35E-04 2.69E-05
Max 1.41E-02 1.22E-03 4.12E-06 5.16E-02 5.32E-03 2.52E-01 2.24E-03 9.00E-09 3.26E-11
Geo mean 1.94E-02 1.75E-03 1.35E-04 2.36E-01 6.33E-03 2.82E-01 5.12E-02 7.10E-07 3.25E-08
a

After excluding outlying data points

b

Sum of the four major VOC groups (Ester, Alcohol, Aldehyde, and Ketone)

c

Results of linear regression analysis between odor threshold and molecular weights: for this comparison, results are compared between minimum, maximum, and geometric mean of threshold values available from previous studies