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. 2014 Sep 5;4(3):751–774. doi: 10.3390/metabo4030751

Table 1.

Volatile organic compounds emitted from S. cerevisiae fermentations. It is indicated which of the compounds are included in the latest yeast genome scale metabolic reconstruction (Yeast 7.11) and in the Saccharomyces genome database SGD.

Compound Compound class PubChem ID Included in Reference #
Yeast 7.11 SGD
(2-phenylcyclopropyl) methanol alcohols 317540 no no [35]
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid acids 1017 no no [29,36]
1,3-butanediol alcohols 6440 no no [35]
1-butanol alcohols 263 no no [35]
1-heptanol alcohols 8129 no no [35]
1-hexanol alcohols 8103 no no [23,24,25,37]
1-propanol alcohols 1031 no no [23,24,25,37,38]
2,3-butanediol alcohols 262 yes yes [23,24]
2,5-dimethylpyrazine * pyrazines 31252 no no [29,36]
2-ethyl-1-hexanol alcohols 7720 no no [29,36,37]
2-furfuraldehyde aldehydes 7362 no no [25]
2-hexanol alcohols 12297 no no [35]
2-methyl-2-butanol * alcohols 6405 no no [24,25,37]
2-methylbutanal * aldehydes 7284 yes no [29,36]
2-methylbutanoic acid acids 8314 no no [29,36]
2-methylbutanol alcohols 8723 yes yes [24,25,37]
2-pentanone ketones 7895 no no [29,36]
2-phenylethanol * benzenoids 6054 yes yes [23,24,25,26,29,36]
2-phenylethyl acetate esters 7654 no no [25,26]
2-propane alkanes 6334 no no [37]
2-propanol alcohols 3776 no no [29,36,37,38]
2-xylene benzenoids 7237 no no [29,36]
3-methylbutanal * aldehydes 11552 yes yes [37]
3-methylbutanoic acid * acids 10430 no no [24,25,29,36]
3-methylheptyl acetate esters 537686 no no [37]
5-methyl-2-furfuraldehyde aldehydes 12097 no no [25]
acetaldehyde aldehydes 177 yes yes [24,25,37,38]
acetaldehyde diethylacetal ethers 7765 no no [25]
acetic acid acids 176 yes yes [23,29,36]
acetic acid 2-propenyl ester esters 11584 no no [37]
acetic acid ethenyl ester esters 7904 no no [29,36]
acetoin ketones 179 yes yes [25]
acetone ketones 180 no no [29,36]
acetophenone ketones 7410 no no [25]
benzaldehyde aldehydes 240 no no [25]
benzyl acetate alcohols 8455 no no [25]
benzyl alcohol * alcohols 244 no yes [25]
butanal aldehydes 261 no no [37]
butanone * ketones 6569 no no [29,36,37]
butyric acid carboxylic acids 264 no no [24,26]
cis-3-hexen-1-ol alcohols 5281167 no no [24,25]
decanoic acid carboxylic acids 2969 no no [23,24,25,26]
diacetyl * ketones 650 no yes [25,37]
diethyl succinate esters 31249 no no [23,24,25]
dimethyl disulfide * sulfides 12232 no no [29,36]
dodecanoic acid * carboxylic acids 3893 no no [24,26]
ethanol alcohols 702 yes yes [29,36]
ethyl 2-methylbutyrate esters 24020 no no [25]
ethyl acetate esters 8857 yes no [24,25,29,36,37,38]
ethyl benzoate esters 7165 no no [25]
ethyl butyrate esters 7762 no no [23,25,26]
ethyl caproate esters 31265 no no [23,24,25,26,37]
ethyl caprylate esters 7799 no no [23,24,25,26,37]
ethyl decanoate esters 8048 no no [23,24,25,26]
ethyl furoate esters 11980 no no [25]
ethyl heptanoate esters 7797 no no [25]
ethyl isobutyrate esters 7342 no no [25,37]
ethyl isovalerate esters 7945 no no [25,37]
ethyl lactate esters 7344 no no [24,25]
ethyl pehnylacetate esters 7590 no no [25]
ethyl propanoate esters 7749 no no [25,37]
ethyl pyruvate esters 12041 no no [24]
ethyl valerate esters 10882 no no [25]
ethyl-2-hydroxy propionate esters 545098 no no [23]
furfuryl alcohol * alcohols 7360 no no [25]
guaiacol * alcohols 460 no yes [25]
heptanal * aldehydes 8130 no no [37]
heptanoic acid carboxylic acids 8094 no no [25]
hexanal aldehydes 6184 no no [25]
hexanoic acid * carboxylic acids 8892 no no [23,24,25,26]
hexyl acetate esters 8908 no no [24,25,26]
isoamyl acetate esters 31276 yes no [37]
isoamyl alcohol alcohols 31260 yes yes [23,24,25,26,37]
isobutanal * aldehydes 6561 no yes [37]
isobutanol alcohols 6560 yes yes [23,24,25,29,36,37,38]
isobutyl acetate esters 8038 yes no [25,37]
limonene terpenes 22311 no no [29,36]
linalyl propionate esters 61098 no no [23]
methanol * alcohols 887 no no [24,25]
methyl acetate silanes 76214 no no [25]
methylpropanoic acid * acids 6590 no yes [24,29,36]
monoethyl succinate esters 70610 no no [23]
n-butyl acetate esters 31272 no no [25,37]
nonanal aldehydes 31289 no no [37]
nonanoic acid carboxylic acids 8158 no no [25]
n-propyl acetate esters 7997 no no [25,37]
octanoic acid * carboxylic acids 379 no no [23,24,25,26]
pentanal aldehydes 8063 no no [37]
propionic acid carboxylic acids 1032 no no [24]
pyrazine pyrazines 9261 no no [29,36]
undecane alkanes 14257 no no [29,36]
α-terpineol terpenes 17100 no no [25]
β-phenylethyl formate esters 7711 no no [37]

* These compounds were also detected in yeast extract [39]. In reference [36], yeast was cultivated in malt extract and tryptone soya, in reference [37] yeast extract, plus bactopeptone and glucose was used. All other references reported volatiles from wine fermentations.