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. 2011 Nov 26;51(7):1223–1250. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0583-x

Table 2.

Distinctive components of aroma for some fruits

Fruit Compound
Apple ß-Damascenone, butyl hexanoate, isoamyl hexanoate, hexyl hexanoate, ethyl butanoate, propyl butanoate, hexyl butanoate, butyl acetate, hexanal, 2-hexenal, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate
Banana 2-Hexenal, Eugenol, Isopentanol, decan-1-ol, 2-phenylethanol, 3-oxy-pentanoic acid, 3-methylbutanoic acid, 3-methylbutyl acetate, butanoate, 3-methylbutanoate, 5-methoxyeugenol, eugenol-methylether, elemicin
Mango Ethyl butanoate, ethyl-2-butanoate, hexanal, cis-3-hexanal, trans-2-hexanal, γ-octalactone, γ-dodecalactone, furaneol, α-pinene, β-pinene, 3-carene, myrcenelimonene, p-cymene, terpinolene, α-copaene, caryophyllene
Tomato Hexanal, trans-2-hexenal, cis-3-hexenal, cis-3-hexenol, β-ionone, β-damascenone, 1-penten-3-one, 3-methylbutanal, 3-methylbutanol, 2-isobutylthiazole, 3-(methylthio)-1-propanol, 3-(methylthio)-1-propanal, 1-nitro-phenylethane, trans-2-heptenal, phenylacetaldehyde, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, methyl salicylate, geranylacetone
Peach Benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, nonanol, linalool, ethyl hexanoate, 3-methylbutanoate, α-terpineol, γ-hexalactone, δ-decalactone, γ-undecalactone, δ-dodecalactone, α-pyrone, 6-pentyl-α-pyrone
Orange Geranial, neral acetaldehyde, decanal, octanal, nonanal, ethyl acetate, ethyl propionate, ethyl butanoate, methyl butanoate, ethyl-2-methyl butanoate, ethyl-3-hydroxy hexanoate, linalool, α-terpineol, limonene, myrcene, α-pinene, valencene
Lemon Citeral
Grapefruit Acetaldehyde, decanal, ethyl acetate, methyl butanoate, ethyl butanoate, 1-p-menthene-8-thiol, nootkatone, limonene, naringin
Strawberry Hexanal, cis-3-hexanal, trans-2-hexanal, furaneol, mesifuran, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl butanoate, methyl butanoate, ethyl-2-methyl propanoate,
Grape Methyl anthranilate, o-aminoacetophenone, furaneol, methyl furaneol, β-damascenone, β-phenylethanol, butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, hexanal
trans-2-hexenal, isoamyl alcohol, acetaldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, ethyl acetate, ethyl propionate, butyl acetate, propyl acetate, 2-methylbutanol
Linalool, geraniol, methoxyisobutylpyrazine
Raspberry 1-(π-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-butanone, α-ionone, β-ionone, geraniollinalool, benzyl alcohol, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl butanoate, methyl butanoate, γ-decalactone, 2-heptanone, cis-3-hexanal, β-damascenone

(Salunkhe and Do 1977; Tandon et al. 2000, 2001; Lewinsohn et al. 2001; Baldwin 2004; Hui 2010)