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. 2017 Mar;55(1):95–108. doi: 10.17113/ftb.55.01.17.4861

Table 2. HS-SPME-GC/MS profiles of volatile aroma compounds in Malvazija istarska, Chardonnay and Muscat yellow monovarietal wines produced in 2013 and 2014.

Volatile aroma compound LRI ID RM FM 1-way ANOVA 2-way ANOVA
2013 2014
Malvazija istarska Chardonnay Muscat yellow Malvazija istarska Chardonnay Muscat yellow V Y I
γ(volatile compound)/(µg/L) or *(mg/L)
Terpenes
Epoxylinalool 1111 MS, LRI 802 721 (0.6±0.4)b (0.1±0.1)c (7.1±2.0)a (0.2±0.2)b (0.1±0.2)b (3.2±0.8)a ** ** **
β-Pinene 1145 MS, LRI 863 863 (2.8±1.1)b (0.1±0.1)c (41.9±17.0)a (2.9±1.8)b (0.7±0.9)b (44.7±14.3)a ** n.s. n.s.
Limonene 1196 MS, LRI 854 831 (2.5±0.1)b (1.9±0.5)b (27.3±4.5)a (1.9±0.9)b (1.2±0.7)b (21.5±4.0)a ** ** n.s.
β-Phellandrene 1203 MS, LRI 865 844 n.d. n.d. 1.9±0.85 n.d. n.d. 1.7±0.2 ** n.s. n.s.
trans-β-Ocimene 1253 MS, LRI 812 793 n.d. n.d. 11.7±4.43 (0.5±0.9)b (0.1±0.2)b (13.4±3.7)a ** n.s. n.s.
α-Terpinolene 1281 MS, LRI 894 864 (0.1±0.2)b n.d. (6.0±1.6)a (0.3± 0.5)b n.d. (6.5±3.0)a ** n.s. n.s.
Monoterpene (n.i.) 1322 MS n.d. n.d. 14.2±5.4 n.d. n.d. 10.4±3.9 ** n.s. n.s.
1,3,5,5-Tetramethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene 1370 MS 865 801 n.d. n.d. 3.4±1.3 n.d. n.d. 3.0±0.9 ** n.s. n.s.
trans-Linalool furan oxide 1436 MS, LRI 873 790 n.d. n.d. 19.3±5.4 n.d. n.d. 10.8±2.2 ** ** **
p-Menth-1-en-8-ol 1446 MS 807 734 n.d. n.d. 16.8±3.0 n.d. n.d. 7.4±3.2 ** ** **
6,10-Dihydromyrcenol 1457 MS, LRI 820 762 0.8±0.6 1.2±0.67 0.8±0.1 1.3±0.8 0.9±0.6 0.6±0.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Nerol oxide 1459 MS, LRI 828 795 (2.2±1.1)b (0.5±0.4)c (29.1±8.1)a (1.2±0.9)b (0.6±0.8)b (11.7±3.7)a ** ** **
cis-Linalool furan oxide 1464 MS, LRI 888 804 n.d. (0.2±0.4)b (9.2±3.3)a (0.4±0.5)b n.d. (3.8±1.1)a ** ** **
Geranyl ethyl ether 1 1499 MS, LRI 828 795 n.d. n.d. 13.0±4.5 n.d. n.d. 6.2±2.7 ** ** **
Monoterpene (n.i.) 1502 MS (0.2±0.3)b n.d. (4.5±3.8)a (0.1±0.1)b (0.0±0.0)b (1.5±0.8)a ** n.s. n.s.
Linalool 1542 S, MS, LRI 843 835 (54.1±21.3)b (20.4±11.3)c (670.5±259.1)a (33.6±19.0)b (18.9±7.8)b (723.3±131.2)a ** n.s. n.s.
Isobornyl acetate 1587 MS, LRI 886 851 0.3±0.1 0.3±0.1 0.3±0.1 0.3±0.1 0.2±0.1 0.3±0.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Hotrienol 1601 MS, LRI 831 788 (4.7±2.1)b (1.0±0.6)c (90.6±25.7)a (2.5±2.4)b (1.2±1.0)b (55.3±11.5)a ** ** **
Menthol 1628 MS, LRI 914 814 3.4±1.3 2.4±1.3 1.7±0.8 (3.2±1.2)a (2.5±1.6)a (1.2±0.8)b ** n.s. n.s.
α-Terpineol 1684 S, MS, LRI 850 830 (23.7±9.2)b (7.9±4.4)c (191.2±38.2)a (10.8±7.3)b (8.1±5.2)b (124.5±38.6)a ** ** **
α-Terpinenyl acetate 1688 MS, LRI 871 780 (0.9±0.4)b (0.6±0.1)b (3.5±0.5)a (0.7±0.3)b (0.6±0.4)b (2.4±0.6)a ** ** **
Geranyl acetate 1749 MS, LRI 878 816 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 3.5±2.1 ** ** **
trans-Linalool pyran oxide 1752 MS, LRI 809 800 (0.1±0.2)b n.d. (10.2±3.4)a (0.6±0.8)b n.d. (5.5±2.1)a ** ** **
Citronellol 1758 S, MS, LRI 864 778 (4.0±0.8)b (3.5±0.7)b (23.2±13.2)a (3.7±1.6)b (2.9±0.5)b (31.9±14.4)a ** n.s. n.s.
Nerol 1791 S, MS, LRI 929 807 (5.7±2.8)b (0.9±1.1)c (70.7±24.4)a (4.0±2.0)b (0.7±0.5)c (76.3±15.8)a ** n.s. n.s.
Geraniol 1838 S, MS, LRI 902 811 (23.2±5.2)b (14.0±3.2)c (196.5±45.3)a (16.4±8.2)b (12.747±3.4)b (170.0±45.7)a ** n.s. n.s.
Geranyl acetone 1845 MS, LRI 885 811 (0.8±0.5)b (1.1±0.4)b (3.2±1.2)a (1.2±0.9)b (1.1±1.0)b (2.9±1.4)a ** n.s. n.s.
trans-Nerolidol 2031 MS, LRI 874 804 1.4±0.3 1.8±0.8 2.0±1.0 0.89±0.3 1.0±0.3 1.3±0.3 n.s. ** n.s.
Geranic acid 2319 MS, LRI 838 749 n.d. n.d. 4.7±1.8 n.d. n.d. 7.0±2.2 ** n.s. n.s.
Farnesol 2341 MS, LRI 907 799 0.3±0.2 0.6±0.3 0.7±0.5 (0.4±0.1)b (0.6±0.1)ab (0.7±0.2)a n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total terpenes (130.8±39.6)b (58.0±21.8)c (1474.7±384.5)a (86.7±43.6)b (54.1±18.9)b (1352.3±197.3)a ** n.s. n.s.
C13 norisoprenoids
β-damascenone 1809 S, MS, LRI 853 830 1.1±0.3 1.4±0.3 1.0±0.5 1.3±0.4 1.3±0.3 1.2±0.6 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Norisoprenoid (n.i.) 2119 MS 0.9±0.4 1.3±0.4 0.8±0.5 1.0±0.4 0.8±0.1 1.8±1.7 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total C13 norisoprenoids (1.9±0.7)ab (2.7±0.5)a (1.8±0.6)b 2.3±0.7 2.1±0.3 3.0±1.2 n.s. n.s. n.s.
C6 compounds
Hexanal 1080 MS, LRI 889 823 1.7±0.4 2.4±0.7 4.2±4.1 2.4±1.2 3.1±1.3 3.3±1.7 n.s. n.s. n.s.
cis-3-Hexen-1-yl acetate 1316 MS, LRI 826 803 (116.3±65.9)b (152.3±43.2)ab (277.4±160.5)a 78.8±48.3 78.7±17.5 210.3±154.0 ** n.s. n.s.
1-Hexanol* 1356 S, MS, LRI 876 817 1.3±0.4 1.1±0.1 1.1±0.2 (1.4±0.3)a (1.3±0.3)ab (1.0±0.1)b ** n.s. n.s.
trans-3-Hexen-1-ol 1361 MS, LRI 861 839 (41.6±12.9)a (32.1±13.8)ab (15.5±4.8)b 33.9±14.1 31.1±11.7 27.8±15.7 n.s. n.s. n.s.
cis-3-Hexen-1-ol 1379 MS, LRI 871 844 (51.6±13.2)b (38.4±2.4)b (141.4±52.0)a (34.3±10.0)b (32.0±10.4)b (87.8±33.6)a ** ** n.s.
Total C6 compounds* 1.5±0.4 1.3±0.2 1.5±0.2 1.6±0.3 1.4±0.3 1.3±0.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Alcohols
2-Ethyl-1-hexanol 1485 MS, LRI 851 835 11.4±3.3 9.3±3.9 17.8±15.2 9.1±3.7 11.8±7.1 7.3±2.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
1-Octanol 1552 MS, LRI 887 841 (19.9±2.3)a (16.9±4.7)ab (14.8±2.3)b 16.5±2.5 16.7±1.5 15.0±3.8 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2-Phenylethanol* 1893 S, MS, LRI 956 956 21.7±5.6 16.1±2.2 16.5±6.5 13.5±2.6 17.1±5.1 13.6±1.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total alcohols* 21.7±5.6 16.1±2.2 16.6±6.5 13.5±2.6 17.1±5.1 13.6±1.4 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Fatty acids
Hexanoic acid* 1830 S, MS, LRI 813 738 (12.0±1.7)a (12.9±2.1)a (8.5±2.7)b 8.6±2.1 9.0±3.1 9.7±2.7 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Octanoic acid* 2043 S, MS, LRI 889 759 11.6±1.2 11.3±3.2 9.9±3.6 7.4±2.4 7.9±2.5 12.0±4.8 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Nonanoic acid* 2135 MS, LRI 831 802 (0.3±0.1)ab (0.8±0.6)a (0.2±0.1)b (1.1±0.3)a (1.4±0.7)a (0.3±0.1)b ** ** n.s.
Decanoic acid* 2257 S, MS, LRI 820 805 2.1±0.7 1.7±0.7 3.2±1.5 (0.8±0.3)b (1.0±0.3)b (4.0±2.1)a ** n.s. n.s.
Dodecanoic acid 2467 MS, LRI 869 865 125.3±42.0 101.7±40.6 127.7±68.2 64.2±13.0 109.4±27.8 126.7±79.4 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total fatty acids* 26.1±3.1 26.7±5.9 21.9±7.7 18.0±4.4 19.5±5.5 26.1±9.4 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Ethyl esters
Ethyl propionate <1000 MS, LRI 835 760 1.6±0.2 2.0±0.6 1.7±0.3 1.5±0.3 1.5±0.3 1.2±0.2 n.s. ** n.s.
Ethyl isobutyrate <1000 MS, LRI 811 721 (33.6±9.0)a (17.1±5.6)b (24.2±4.7)ab 16.8±9.6 18.6±8.2 17.2±6.7 n.s. ** n.s.
Ethyl butyrate* 1030 S, MS, LRI 859 766 0.5±0.1 0.5±0.1 0.5±0.1 0.45±0.07 0.5±0.1 0.5±0.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate 1049 S, MS, LRI 851 800 (8.0±2.8)a (4.0±1.5)b (3.4±1.0)b 3.3±1.0 3.7±1.6 2.0±0.9 ** * **
Ethyl 3-methylbutyrate 1065 S, MS, LRI 800 722 (19.4±6.1)a (9.3±3.6)b (8.8±1.0)b 9.2±1.9 8.2±4.8 5.2±3.0 ** ** n.s.
Ethyl 2-butenoate 1161 MS, LRI 852 844 2.0±1.0 2.1±0.3 1.5±0.7 2.8±1.1 2.2±0.5 2.2±1.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Ethyl hexanoate* 1236 S, MS, LRI 868 826 0.6±0.1 0.8±0.1 0.7±0.2 (0.4±0.2)b (0.5±0.2)b (0.8±0.1)a ** n.s. **
Ethyl heptanoate 1332 MS, LRI 849 804 (11.2±3.5)b (20.9±7.7)a (8.4±3.3)b (27.2±8.7)ab (32.9±8.3)a (16.5±7.2)b ** ** n.s.
Ethyl octanoate* 1435 S, MS, LRI 862 784 (1.1±0.3)b (1.8±0.4)a (1.3±0.9)a (1.0±0.3)b (1.3±0.6)ab (1.8±0.4)a ** n.s. n.s.
Ethyl nonanoate 1534 MS, LRI 820 786 (18.3±8.1)ab (34.2±17.6)a (10.4±5.2)b (32.4±9.5)ab (46.5±19.5)a (16.1±2.6)b ** ** n.s.
Ethyl decanoate* 1637 S, MS, LRI 830 770 0.39±0.05 0.4±0.1 0.7±0.4 (0.5±0.2)ab (0.36±0.08)b (0.6±0.2)a ** n.s. n.s.
Ethyl dodecanoate 1842 MS, LRI 769 769 9.9±0.7 12.0±2.5 12.1±6.8 9.4±1.8 12.8±1.5 12.3±3.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Ethyl tetradecanoate 2045 MS, LRI 803 800 7.4±0.7 8.0±1.5 6.0±2.4 5.9±1.8 6.91±1.5 7.9±2.5 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total ethyl esters* 2.6±0.5 3.8±0.4 3.2±1.5 2.5±0.6 2.8±0.9 3.3±1.2 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Acetate esters
Methyl acetate <1000 MS, LRI 888 861 2.5±0.7 2.6±0.7 2.4±0.8 3.7±1.0 3.0±1.0 3.6±2.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Isobutyl acetate 1009 S, MS, LRI 842 734 (58.0±18.2)b (111.0±13.7)a (85.0±28.5)ab 97.3±38.4 132.4±17.2 133.0±17.7 ** ** n.s.
Butyl acetate 1072 MS, LRI 868 807 (3.4±1.9)b (7.3±1.8)a (4.6±3.1)ab (4.9±1.6)b (9.6±4.4)a (4.5±2.4)b ** n.s. n.s.
Isoamyl acetate* 1120 S, MS, LRI 885 839 3.2±1.2 5.4±0.8 4.3±2.5 4.0±1.6 4.6±0.7 5.2±2.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Hexyl acetate* 1272 S, MS, LRI 905 822 0.15±0.04 0.23±0.06 0.2±0.1 0.18±0.08 0.17±0.04 0.3±0.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2-Phenylethyl acetate* 1803 S, MS, LRI 856 856 (2.9±0.8)b (4.6±0.5)a (3.0±0.9)b 2.1±0.5 3.6±0.7 3.4±1.5 ** n.s. n.s.
Total acetate esters * (6.3±1.8)b (10.7±1.3)a (7.6±3.3)ab 6.4±1.8 8.4±0.6 9.0±3.9 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Other esters
Methyl hexanoate 1192 MS, LRI 876 844 1.2±0.4 1.3±0.6 0.9±0.3 1.1±0.4 0.7±0.3 1.2±0.4 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Isoamyl formate 1196 MS 819 751 0.7±1.0 0.9±1.4 0.4±0.2 0.2±0.1 0.7±0.6 0.4±0.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Methyl octanoate 1387 MS, LRI 871 823 18.6±2.2 18.7±1.3 15.7±2.8 17.4±2.6 17.2±3.1 20.8±6.2 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Isoamyl hexanoate 1457 MS, LRI 835 835 (0.7±0.3)b (1.5±0.4)ab (2.0±0.8)a 1.3±0.6 1.4±0.4 1.6±0.4 ** n.s. n.s.
Isoamyl heptanoate 1560 MS 822 798 0.9±0.8 1.5±1.3 1.0±0.7 1.2±0.6 1.2±0.5 0.6±0.5 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Isoamyl octanoate 1655 MS, LRI 800 722 6.4±2.1 6.2±1.6 4.8±1.9 5.7±1.2 7.3±1.0 8.3±2.6 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Diethyl succinate* 1667 S, MS, LRI 859 827 (2.2±0.9)a (1.7±0.8)ab (0.9±0.3)b 1.1±0.6 1.20±0.1 0.9±1.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Ester (n.i.) 1710 MS (3.4±1.0)b (4.9±0.4)a (6.1±1.2)a (2.5±0.4)b (3.4±1.0)ab (5.0±1.8)a ** ** n.s.
Methyl salicylate 1759 MS, LRI 887 852 (0.9±0.5)a (0.24±0.07)b (0.09±0.03)b 0.5±0.1 0.5±0.3 0.4±0.1 ** n.s. **
Isoamyl decanoate 1862 MS, LRI 800 748 1.0±0.2 0.8±0.4 0.7±0.4 (3.6±3.1)a (0.6±0.2)b (0.9±0.4)ab ** n.s. n.s.
Ethyl cinnamate 2111 S, MS, LRI 848 790 (1.4±0.3)b (3.2±1.0)a n.d. (1.0±0.3)b (2.3±0.5)a (0.8±1.0)b ** n.s. **
Hexyl salicylate 2203 MS, LRI 801 771 1.0±0.1 1.0±0.2 1.3±0.3 0.8±0.3 0.7±0.2 1.0±0.2 ** ** n.s.
Total other esters* (2.2±1.0)a (1.8±0.8)ab (0.9±0.3)b 1.2±0.6 1.24 ± 0.09 0.9±1.1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Miscellaneous
2-Heptanone 1182 MS, LRI 875 800 1.5±0.7 1.2±1.1 1.3±1.2 (0.9±0.4)ab (0.8±0.2)b (1.4±0.3)a n.s. n.s. n.s.
Benzaldehyde 1508 S, MS, LRI 864 864 (4.2±1.1)b (9.5±1.7)a (2.5±0.7)c 10.1±6.8 12.7±4.9 10.8±4.8 n.s. ** n.s.
Ethyl benzeneacetate 1773 MS, LRI 914 858 1.2±0.4 1.3±0.5 1.4±1.2 2.2±1.5 2.2±0.8 2.6±1.7 n.s. ** n.s.
Dimethylbenzaldehyde isomer 1790 MS 873 873 (17.8±2.5)b (24.9±4.1)a (2.4±1.1)c (7.4±5.4)b (13.4±3.0)a (2.8±2.0)b ** ** **
γ-Nonalactone 2008 MS, LRI 839 763 0.9±0.5 0.7±0.2 1.1±0.5 1.5±0.9 1.0±0.2 2.4±1.3 ** ** n.s.
4’-Ethoxy-2’-hydroxyoctanophenone 2090 MS, LRI 759 724 2.7±0.6 3.1±0.5 3.7±1.1 (2.1±0.7)b (1.8±0.6)b (4.0±1.9)a ** n.s. n.s.
4-Vinylguaiacol 2175 MS, LRI 903 903 7.2±1.5 6.3±6.6 8.1±4.0 5.1±2.3 6.8±2.6 8.1±3.8 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2-(Phenylmethylene)-octanal 2356 MS, LRI 839 832 4.2±1.3 3.4±1.3 4.0±0.9 (2.5±1.2)b (2.1±0.8)b (4.4±1.0)a ** n.s. n.s.
1,2-Benzenedimethanol 2376 MS 853 822 2.5±1.3 5.9±6.1 2.0±0.8 1.6±0.7 5.4±2.5 5.9±4.8 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Total miscellaneous (42.5±5.1)b (56.3±13.3)a (26.9±5.2)c 33.6±11.0 46.5±3.8 42.9±12.2 ** n.s. **

LRI=linear retention index; ID=identification of compounds: S=retention time and mass spectrum consistent with that of the pure standard and with NIST05 mass spectra electronic library, MS=mass spectra consistent with those from NIST05 mass spectra electronic library, LRI=linear retention index consistent with that found in literature (3944). The compounds for which pure standards were not available (without letter S in the ID column) were quantified semi-quantitatively, and their concentrations were expressed as equivalents of compounds with similar chemical structure assuming a response factor=1. The compounds with only MS symbol in the ID column were tentatively identified. RM=mass spectra reverse match number; FM=mass spectra forward match number; n.i.=not identified; n.d.=not detected.
 Different lowercase superscript letters in a row represent statistically significant differences between mean values at p<0.05 obtained by one-way ANOVA and Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) test for each harvest year separately.
Two-way ANOVA factors: V=variety, Y=harvest year, I=interaction (V×Y); **statistically significant effect at p<0.05 by 2-way ANOVA; n.s.=not significant