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

Table 3.

Relationship between relative composition (RP) and odor activity values (OAV) of the major VOCs (n = 53) emitted from strawberry.

Order Compounds OAV (concentration/ threshold) Relative proportion * (RP, %) Odor type / descriptor
SRD-0 SRD-1 SRD-3 SRD-6 SRD-9 SRD-0 SRD-1 SRD-3 SRD-6 SRD-9
A. Ester
1 Methyl acetate 0.64 0.63 11.52 2.55E-04 1.22E-04 4.93E-03 8.98E-03 0.46 1.30E-04 1.66E-03
2 Ethyl acetate 1.82 1.63 51.3 0.05 4.49E-03 0.01 0.02 2.03 0.03 0.06 sweet fruita, grapea, contact gluei, fruityl, pinapplel
3 Methyl propionate 0.42 0.52 0.24 1.78E-03 3.21E-03 0.01 0.01 9.08E-04
4 S-Methyl thioacetate 58.6 80.4 0.45 1.15 sulfurousa, cheesya
5 Isopropyl acetate 0.02 0.01 0.01 1.70E-04 9.93E-05 4.53E-04
6 Ethyl propionate 7.53 7.65 0.06 0.30
7 Propyl acetate 0.19 7.54E-04 0.01 3.85E-04
8 Methyl butyrate 168 195 12.5 0.07 1.30 2.79 0.50 0.03 applea, fruityb, c, d, i, cheesei
9 Methyl 2-methylbutanoate 218 217 132 10.86 1.68 3.10 5.25 5.54 green applea, fruitya, sweeta
10 Isobutyl acetate 0.02 0.01 0.19 3.88E-03 1.47E-04 2.09E-04 0.01 1.98E-03 strawberrye, light fruityi, floweryi
11 Methyl isovalerate 24.9 25.9 3.54 0.19 0.37 0.14 fruitya, applea, pineapplea
12 Ethyl butyrate 6,160 4,576 686 6.00 47.5 65.4 27.2 3.06 fruitya, b, c, d, e, i, sweeta, b, i, pineapplea, ester-likeb, strawberrye, cheesei, fruity sweetm, p, r, u
13 Butyl acetate 0.18 0.19 0.14 2.56E-04 1.35E-03 2.68E-03 0.01 1.31E-04 fruitya, bananaa, applei, gluei
14 Isopropyl butyrate 4.95 4.18 0.04 0.06 fruitya, sweeta, pineapplea
15 Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate 942 356 993 46.9 7.26 5.08 39.3 23.9 soura, cheesya, sweatya, fruityd
16 Ethyl isovalerate 1,592 755 405 7.88 12.3 10.8 16.0 4.02 fruitya, d, applea, pineapplea, sweet fruite
17 Isoamyl acetate 21.4 18.2 43.5 0.32 0.16 0.26 1.72 0.16
18 Ethyl valerate 21.9 5.19 0.17 0.07
19 Methyl hexanoate 30.1 11.9 0.73 0.23 0.17 0.03 fruitya, b, i, pineapplea, ester-likeb
20 trans-2-Hexenyl acetate 0.90 0.04 0.01 0.001
21 Ethyl hexanoate 3,608 683 103.7 0.14 27.8 9.77 4.11 0.07 fruitya, b, i, sweeta, pineapplea, ester-likeb, green appleb, fruit gumi
22 Hexyl acetate 54.7 12.7 2.34 0.42 0.18 0.09 fruitya, i, green applea, bananaa, i, applei, peari
23 Methyl octanoate 0.16 0.02 1.23E-03 3.45E-04 Sweet fruitye
ΣConcentration (ester) 12,917 6,942 2,453 72.2 4.61E-03 99.6 99.3 97.2 36.8 0.06
B. Alcohol
1 Ethyl alcohol 0.01 1.69 0.05 4.25E-04 0.86 0.67
2 Isopropyl Alcohol 3.37E-04 1.76E-04 1.74E-03 3.57E-03 0.01 2.60E-06 2.52E-06 6.90E-05 1.82E-03 0.14 fruityl
3 n-Propyl alcohol 0.01 0.02 0.02 5.02E-04 0.01 0.20 Sweet (candy)l
4 Isobutyl alcohol 0.04 114 0.38 1.52E-03 58.3 5.22 Plasticl, badl
5 Isopropenylethyl alcohol 9.64E-04 1.79E-03 4.92E-04 0.02
6 3-Methyl-1-butanol 0.02 0.03 1.13 0.60 0.97 1.87E-04 4.10E-04 0.04 0.31 13.2 bittere, harshe, k, Chemicalk, stalek, Alcoholicr, greenr, Fusel oils, pomaces
7 2-Methyl-1-butanol 0.23 0.48 0.12 6.49 Alcoholics, greens, Fusel oilt, pomacet
8 n-Pentanol 2.12E-03 1.84E-03 0.001 0.02
9 1-Chloro-2-propanol 0.02 0.08 1.54E-04 1.15E-03
10 n-Hexanol 0.01 0.03 3.45E-03 0.02 9.16E-05 1.05E-03 1.76E-03 0.34 winey-fruityf, Greeni, k, r, heavyi, nutsi, grassk, freshk
11 Linalool 27.4 27.0 0.21 0.39 citrusa, fruitya, e, florala, floweryb, k, sweetb, lemonc, floral-lavenderf, rosek
ΣConcentration or its RC (alcohol) 27.4 27.1 1.22 117 1.94 0.21 0.39 0.05 59.6 26.3
C. Aldehyde
1 Acetaldehyde 8.70 8.85 56.9 3.92 2.90 6.70E-02 0.13 2.25 2.00 39.4 green applea, fruityj, pungentj, chemicalk, alcoholk, aldehydek, acetaldehydek, pungentk, v, greenn, o, t, sweetv
2 Allyl aldehyde (Acrolein) 0.03 0.04 1.49E-02 0.54
3 Methylacryl aldehyde 0.21 0.39 0.11 5.31
4 Isobutyraldehyde 0.01 0.09 3.01E-03 1.27 greenl, maltyl, floralt
5 Isovaleraldehyde 0.46 1.09 0.23 14.9 greenn, o, maltyn, o
ΣConcentration or its RC (aldehyde) 8.70 8.85 56.9 4.63 4.52 6.70E-02 0.13 2.25 2.36 61.4
D. Ketone
1 Acetone 0.06 0.07 5.34E-03 1.75E-04 6.68E-04 4.61E-04 1.07E-03 2.12E-04 8.93E-05 9.06E-03 aldehydicg, wood pulpl, hayl
2 Methyl ethyl ketone 1.48E-04 1.73E-04 7.56E-05 2.35E-03 Butterh, sweeth, chocolateh, Butterscotchl
3 Methyl n-propyl ketone 0.03 0.03 2.69E-04 4.34E-04 thinnerb, acetoneb, kerosenei, solventsi, orange peelq, sweetw, x, fruityw, x
4 Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 0.01 0.01 2.06E-03 6.63E-05 2.00E-04 8.17E-05
5 Methyl amyl ketone 0.04 0.05 3.60E-03 4.34E-03 3.08E-04 6.61E-04 1.83E-03 0.06 meatyb, danish blue cheesei, greent, Animalsr, bluer, cheeser
ΣConcentration or its RC (ketone) 0.143 0.165 7.40E-03 3.92E-03 5.18E-03 1.10E-03 2.36E-03 2.93E-04 2.00E-03 0.07
E. Fatty acid
1 Acetic acid 17.37 13.23 12.15 1.45 0.60 1.34E-01 0.19 0.48 0.74 8.08 sourd, vinagere, i, k
2 2-PROPYNOIC ACID 0.74 5.71E-03
ΣConcentration or its RC (fatty acid) 18.1 13.2 12.1 1.45 0.60 0.14 0.19 0.48 0.74 8.08
E.etc.
1 n-Pentane 3.84E-04 9.29E-06 6.97E-05 2.96E-06 4.74E-06 9.46E-04
2 Ethyl ether 2.12E-03 1.23E-03 4.39E-03 8.40E-05 6.26E-04 0.06
3 1,3-Hexadiene 0.01 8.86E-04 9.65E-05 1.27E-05
4 n-Hexane 5.55E-05 4.67E-05 4.64E-05 3.67E-04 4.28E-07 6.68E-07 1.84E-06 0.005
5 Toluene 1.60E-03 0.02
6 Styrene 0.29 0.34 0.55 0.09 0.03 2.21E-03 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.42
2,5-Dimethyl-4-methoxy-3(2H)-furanone
ΣConcentration or its RC (etc) 0.73 0.34 0.56 0.90 0.31 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.46 4.15
ΣConcentration or its RC (all) 12,972 6,992 2,524 196 7.37 100 100 100 100 100
*

RP = [OAV (n) / OAV (sum of main VOCs) at the exp day] x 100

References:

a

Du et al. [1],

b

Ulrich et al. [2],

c

Schulbach et al. [28],

d

Schieberle and Hofmann [29],

e

Aznar et al. [30],

f

Buchbauer et al. [31],

g

Cai et al. [32],

h

Clausen et al. [33],

i

Larsen and Poll [34],

j

Semmelroch and Grosch (1995) [35],

k

Komes et al. [36],

l

Arora et al. [37],

m

Carpino and Mallia [38],

n

Kubck ova and Grosch [39],

o

Kubícková and Grosch [40],

p

Le Quéré et al. [41],

q

Moio and Addeo [42],

r

Moio et al. [43],

s

Moio et al. [44],

t

Rychlik and Bosset [45],

u

Christensen and Reineccius [46],

v

Milo and Reineccius [47],

w

Preininger and Grosch [48],

x

Preininger et al. [49]