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. 2016 Jun 7;5(2):18. doi: 10.3390/antiox5020018

Table 5.

Profile of volatiles from cooked chicken breast meat with different levels of oregano oil at day 3.

Compounds Control (None) 100 ppm Oregano 300 ppm Oregano 400 ppm Oregano 5 ppm BHA SEM
Total ion counts × 104
2-Propanone 4106 a 4854 a 4530 a 4517 a 3458 a 797
Pentane 580 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 61
2-Propanol 620 b 3324 ab 3643 a 1337 ab 905 ab 668
Hexane 216 a 20 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 15
Heptane 86 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 7
1-Propanol 2279 a 1299 b 2136 a 1956 a 1703 ab 134
Propanal 58 b 15 b 0 b 0 b 144 a 14
Pentanal 1065 a 174 bc 126 bc 0 c 466 b 89
Heptanal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octane 147 a 204 a 160 a 175 a 179 a 43
Cyclohexane 31 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 5
Dimethy disulfide 23 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 1
Hexanal 11371 a 3194 b 1341 b 1448 b 4167 b 752
α-Pinene 0 b 0 b 475 a 444 a 0 b 51
Camphene 0 b 0 b 299 a 328 a 0 b 55
Limonene 0 b 0 b 381 a 430 a 0 b 92
β-Myrcene 0 b 0 b 577 ab 740 a 0 b 163
γ-Terpenene 0 b 0 b 1609 ab 1984 a 0 b 396
Sabinene 0 b 0 b 180 a 315 a 0 b 38

a–c Different letters within a row are significantly different (p < 0.05). n = 4. Abbreviation: SEM, standard error of the mean; BHA, butylated hydroxyanisole.