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. 2017 Jul 7;5:48. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00048

Table 2.

Summary of HS-SPME-GC-MS results (p < 0.05).

Peak number LRI-Lit a LRI-Actb Compound name Odorc 2010–2011 vintaged,e 2015–2016 vintagef
Ctrl TD-vg Ctrl TD-v TB-v TD-m TB-m
ALCOHOL DERIVED ACETATE
1h 880 841 Ethyl acetate (μg/L) Fruity, sweet, green 371 91 719 ± 358 636 ± 227 539 ± 204 719 ± 171 690 ± 193
6 1,126 1,111 3-Methylbutyl acetate (μg/L) Fruity, sweet, banana 172 57 774 ± 117 778 ± 148 731 ± 195 810 ± 180 775 ± 96
9 1,272 1,270 Hexyl acetate (μg/L) Fruity, green, apple n/a n/a 33 ± 19 27 ± 9 27 ± 10 29 ± 5 22 ± 5
STRAIGHT-CHAIN ESTERS
2 1,034 1,016 Ethyl butanoate (μg/L) Fruity, juicy, pineapple 215 212 593 ± 485 525 ± 236 385 ± 145 567 ± 365 638 ± 196
8 1,233 1,231 Ethyl hexanoate (mg/L) sweet, Fruity, green 1,234 800 2.6 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.9 2.6 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 0.2
14 1,439 1,435 Ethyl octanoate (mg/L) waxy, Fruity, sweet 490 160 1.2 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.01 1.2 ± 0.2
17 1,638 1,638 Ethyl decanoate (μg/L) Waxy, fruity, sweet 105 42 180 ± 41 182 ± 29 184 ± 23 171 ± 34 183 ± 28
OTHER ESTERS
3 1,050 1,052 Ethyl 2-methylbutanoate (μg/L) Apple, fruity, fresh 49 98 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
4 1,066 1,066 Ethyl 3-methylbutanoate (μg/L) Sweet, apple, pineapple 87 149 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
10 1,339 1,345 Butyl lactate (μg/L) Creamy, fruity, vanilla n/a n/a 34 ± 6 37 ± 12 37 ± 10 44 ± 13 32 ± 9
13 1,399 1,426 Ethyl 2-methyloctanoate (μg/L) n/a n/a n/a 42 ± 8 38 ± 14 33 ± 4 36 ± 22 41 ± 17
18 1,680 1,677 Diethyl butanedioate (μg/L) Fruity, apple, ylang 300 399 42 ± 14 37 ± 8 42 ± 4 34 ± 10 39 ± 8
ALCOHOLS
5 1,094 1,085 Isobutanol (μg/L) Whiskey, fusel, ethereal 71 73 96 ± 31 85 ± 22 80 ± 20 80 ± 7 78 ± 18
7 1,208 1,210 Isopentanol (mg/L) Whiskey, malt, burnt 187 181 339 ± 15 347 ± 19 344 ± 18 345 ± 12 343 ± 24
11 1,355 1,358 1-Hexanol (mg/L) Green, fruity, oily 4,358 2,901 5.3 ± 0.7 5.3 ± 1.3 4.5 ± 0.7 5.9 ± 1.1 5.5 ± 2.2
15 1,461 1,461 1-Heptanol (μg/L) Green, fermented, nutty n/a n/a 158 ± 72 188 ± 131 187 ± 85 178 ± 178 222 ± 191
19 1,913 1,910 Phenylethyl Alcohol (mg/L) Foral, rose, dried rose 22 21 15 ± 2 14 ± 3 15 ± 2 14 ± 2 12 ± 5
a

Linear retention index obtained from NIST chemistry webbook.

b

Actual linear retention index calculated based on alkane standards.

c

Odor of compounds obtained from Flavornet, The Good Scents Company and The Pherobase.

d

Replicates if Grape samples in each group in the 2010–2011 vintage were mixed in to one sample and analyzed for the biochemical composition.

e

Concentration of ethyl acetate, butyl lactate, diethyl butanedioate, isobutanol and ethyl 2-methyloctanoate were expressed as ug/L in 4-octanol correspondent, while ethyl hexanoate, ethyl octanoate, isopentanol, 1-hexanol and phenylethyl alcohol were expressed in mg/L.

f

One-way ANOVA conduced for the samples in the 2015–2016 vintage at p < 0.05, a, b were used to indicate statistically significant differences.

g

Internal standard 4-octanol (Peak 12) and quality control ethyl non-anoate (Peak 16) not shown in the table.

h

Control group (Ctrl), basal leaves removal at veraison (TB-v) at mid ripeness (TB-m), apical leaves removal at veraison (TD-v) at mid ripeness (TD-m).