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

Table 6.

Profile of volatiles from cooked chicken breast meat with different levels of oregano oil at day 7.

Compounds Control (None) 100 ppm Oregano 300 ppm Oregano 400 ppm Oregano 5 ppm BHA SEM
Total ion counts × 104
2-Propanone 2307 a 2031 a 1966 a 2065 a 1224 a 251
2-Propanol 991 a 909 a 1008 a 452 a 951 a 188
Hexane 47 ab 172 ab 0 b 0 b 209 a 40
Heptane 160 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 132 a 17
Acetaldehyde 90 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 1
Propanal 297 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 2
Pentanal 1153 a 563 b 305 bc 297 bc 254 c 69
Heptanal 72 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b 2
Octane 322 ab 137 b 397 ab 309 ab 822 a 128
Cyclohexane 127 a 45 b 45 b 26 b 184 a 18
Hexanal 41262 a 7887 b 1252 c 1215 c 2095 bc 1422
α-Pinene 0 c 325 bc 762 a 378 b 0 c 85
Camphene 0 b 258 b 866 a 503 ab 0 b 133
Limonene 0 c 114 bc 349 ab 465 a 0 c 62
β-Myrcene 0 b 335 ab 640 a 412 a 0 b 92
γ-Terpenene 0 b 491 ab 1326 a 1020 a 0 b 200
Sabinene 0 c 73 bc 133 b 355 a 0 c 23

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.