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. 2015 Mar 6;15:76. doi: 10.1186/s12870-015-0466-9

Table 1.

Volatiles in Temple and Murcott mandarin hybrid fruit arranged by chemical class

Temple only Murcott only Both
Monoterpenes Monoterpenes Monoterpenes
Isoterpinolene β-Pinene α-Thujene
3-Carene (+)-4-Carene α-Pinene
2-Carene Aldehydes Sabinene
3-Methyl-4-methylenebicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-ene Butanal β-Myrcene
3-Methyl pentanal α-Phellandrene
Sesquiterpenes 4-Methyl hexanal γ-Terpinene
β-Elemene ρ-Menth-1-en-9-al ρ-Cymene
β-Cubebene p-Menth-1-en-9-al isomer d-Limonene
β-Humulene Ester β-Phellandrene
α-Caryophyllene Ethyl acetate γ-Terpiene
α-Selinene Ether ρ-Mentha-3,8-diene
γ-Selinene Ethyl ether Terpinolene
Valencene Hydrocarbons Sesquiterpenes
Aromadendrene (E,E)-2,6-dimethyl-1,3,5,7-octatetraene α-Cubebene
Calamenene Copaene
(−)-α-Panasinsen Furans Caryophyllene
Eremophilene 2-n-Butyl furan δ-Cadinene
Eudesma-3,7-diene 2-Pentyl furan Aldehydes
4,11-Selinadiene Acetaldehyde
Aldehydes Propanal
(E)-2-Pentenal Pentanal
Geranial (carotenoid) Hexanal
Neral (carotenoid) Heptanal
Ketones Octanal
Acetone Nonanal
Nootkatone Decanal
α-Ionone (carotenoid) (E)-2-Hexenal
β-Ionone (carotenoid) (E)-2-Heptenal
Alcohols (E)-2-Octenal
1-Hexanol (E)-2-Nonenal
3-Methylbutanol (E)-2-Decenal
(Z)-ρ-Mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol Perillaldehyde
β-Terpineol Ketones
Nerol (carotenoid) 1-Pentene-3-one
Esters 3-Pentanone
Ethyl butanoate 4-Heptanone
Ethyl 2-butenoate d-Carvone
Ethyl 2-methylbutanoate Dihydrocarvone
Ethyl pentanoate Geranyl acetone (carotenoid)
Ethyl hexanoate Alcohols
Ethyl-3-hydroxyhexanoate Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl octanoate 1-Penten-3-ol
Propyl butanoate Linalool
Methyl butanoate Terpinen-4-ol
Methyl hexanoate α-Terpineol
Hexyl acetate Esters
Linalool acetate Octyl acetate
Terpinyl acetate Citronellol acetate
Ether Neryl acetate (carotenoid)
1,8-Cineole Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons 1,3-Pentadiene
(E)-2,6-Dimethyl-2,6-octadiene (Z)-2,6-Dimethyl-2,6-octadiene
1,5-Dimethyl-cyclooctadiene (+/−)-4-Acetyl-1-methylcyclohexene
Furan
2-Ethyl furan Furan
2-Methyl furan

Carotenoid-derived volatiles are in parentheses.