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. 2017 Mar 31;8:466. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00466

Table 1.

Molecular weight, mass peak (m/z), retention time (RT), calculated Kovats indicies (CKI) and tabulated Kovats retention indices (TKI) of the volatile compounds identified from intact tomato plants after four nitrogen treatments (see Figure 6 for relative amounts of volatile organic compounds indicated by peak areas found from different levels of nitrogen-treated tomato plants).

Peak no Compounds Chemical class Molecular weight Mass peak (m/z) RT (min) CKI TKI Reference
1 Heptanal Alkyl aldehyde 114 70, 44, 41, 55 6.95 903 901 Babushok and Zenkevich, 2008
2 α-Pinene Monoterpene 136 93, 91, 92, 77 7.65 932 932 Adams, 2009
3 β-Pinene Monoterpene 136 93, 41, 69, 91 8.58 970 973 Franco et al., 2011
4 Myrcene Monoterpene 136 41, 93, 69, 53 9.14 993 990 Adams, 2009
5 (+)-4-carene Monoterpene 136 93, 121, 136, 91 9.30 1000 1001 Le Quere and Latrasse, 1990
6 α-Terpinene Monoterpene 136 93, 121, 91, 136 9.69 1018 1019 Franco et al., 2011
7 p-Cymene Monoterpene 134 119, 134, 91, 120 9.86 1025 1023 Franco et al., 2011
8 β-Phellandrene Monoterpene 136 93, 77, 91, 136 9.94 1029 1029 Franco et al., 2011
9 Nonanal Alkyl aldehyde 142 57, 41, 43, 56 11.63 1108 1108 Engel et al., 2002
10 δ-Elemene Sesquiterpene 204 121, 93, 41, 107 15.96 1343 1338 Adams, 2009
11 α-Copaene Sesquiterpene 204 161, 119, 105, 93 16.61 1382 1376 Franco et al., 2011
12 Longifolene Sesquiterpene 204 161, 94, 91, 93 17.12 1413 1416 Hognadottir and Rouseff, 2003
13 α-Cedrene Sesquiterpene 204 119, 93, 105, 204 17.23 1420 1419 Da Cruz et al., 2014
14 β-Caryophyllene Sesquiterpene 204 93, 133, 91, 41 17.34 1427 1425 Da Cruz et al., 2014
15 α-Humulene Sesquiterpene 204 93, 80, 41, 121 17.88 1462 1460 Da Cruz et al., 2014
16 Farnesan Alkane 212 57, 71, 43, 41 20.01 1604