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. 2018 Feb 2;55(4):1295–1305. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3040-2

Table 2.

Volatile compounds in P. retrofractum fresh fruit at different maturity stages

# RIa Compound Total area (× 105) Odor descriptorb Identificationc
GM OM RM
Aldehydes
1 892 3-Methyl-1-butanal 247.91 ± 6.09 268.51 ± 5.33 323.13 ± 1.01 Maltyd, greene RI, MS
2 1075 Hexanal 10.85 ± 3.91 4.25 ± 1.59 2.05 ± 0.60 Green, grassf RI, MS, PC
3 1214 2-Hexenal 15.84 ± 12.05 4.02 ± 1.63 1.77 ± 0.83 Fragrant, sweetf, fruity, greene RI, MS, PC
Sub-total 274.60 276.78 326.95
Alcohols
4 909 Ethanol 6.08 ± 0.88 2.75 ± 0.25 3.27 ± 0.70 Alcoholg RI, MS
5 1544 Linalool 169.53 ± 8.64 97.00 ± 2.93 94.59 ± 2.88 Fresh, floral, clean, sweet, lemong RI, MS, PC
Sub-total 175.60 99.75 97.87
Hydrocarbons
6 1015 α-Pinene 62.87 ± 5.47 32.45 ± 8.00 28.75 ± 3.09 Fruity, pineyh RI, MS, PC
7 1060 Camphene 30.82 ± 1.04 15.73 ± 1.49 16.34 ± 1.79 Camphoraceous, mild-oilyi RI, MS, PC
8 1096 β-Pinene 43.75 ± 7.43 24.00 ± 4.73 21.46 ± 2.11 Woody, pineyh RI, MS, PC
9 1151 β-Myrcene 14.21 ± 2.44 7.58 ± 0.72 7.39 ± 0.95 Mild, sweeti RI, MS, PC
10 1188 α-Limonene 29.18 ± 5.54 15.58 ± 2.55 13.62 ± 1.99 Fresh, citrus, lemonj RI, MS, PC
11 1224 β-Ocimene 50.61 ± 0.29 28.11 ± 3.60 22.75 ± 3.24 Green, herbali, fruityh RI, MS
12 1242 α-Ocimene 95.40 ± 1.18 48.98 ± 4.32 41.25 ± 3.79 Fruity, wet clothh RI, MS
13 1256 Terpinolene 3.46 ± 1.60 1.86 ± 0.26 2.15 ± 0.28 Pineyi, lemonj RI, MS, PC
14 1289 Tridecane 9.09 ± 1.38 15.27 ± 3.98 17.76 ± 1.28 RI, MS, PC
15 1494 n-Pentadecane 26.00 ± 4.60 48.44 ± 8.84 52.83 ± 3.03 RI, MS, PC
16 1501 α-Copaene 9.75 ± 1.26 5.02 ± 0.41 4.58 ± 0.45 Sweet, floralk RI, MS
17 1614 β-Caryophyllene 235.27 ± 4.28 126.18 ± 5.76 100.18 ± 6.52 Woody, spicyj RI, MS, PC
18 1666 trans-β-Farnesene 12.72 ± 5.18 13.22 ± 3.86 10.70 ± 1.53 Citrus, greenk RI, MS
19 1689 α-Caryophyllene 155.69 ± 3.79 87.90 ± 2.85 72.66 ± 5.36 Woody, spicyj RI, MS, PC
20 1696 α-Cadinene 13.85 ± 0.99 25.66 ± 1.36 26.63 ± 2.54 Woodyl RI, MS
21 1704 β-Bisabolene 6.67 ± 0.56 4.10 ± 0.67 4.10 ± 0.78 Woody, leafm RI, MS, PC
22 1709 8-Heptadecene 8.59 ± 0.80 4.45 ± 1.66 3.16 ± 0.93 Earthy, mossn RI, MS
23 1719 Epizonarene 8.69 ± 0.39 17.16 ± 1.43 17.35 ± 0.74 RI, MS
24 1729 γ-Muurolene 155.75 ± 1.98 132.74 ± 7.91 108.33 ± 2.66 Woodyo RI, MS
25 1745 α-Selinene 21.19 ± 1.69 12.47 ± 1.73 11.22 ± 1.56 Woodyj RI, MS
26 1772 (+)-δ-Cadinene 11.49 ± 0.87 6.94 ± 1.08 7.16 ± 1.68 Spicy, woodyj RI, MS
27 1778 γ-Cadinene 7.40 ± 0.58 4.40 ± 0.63 4.58 ± 0.92 Fragrantp RI, MS
28 1786 α-Panasinsene 19.45 ± 2.04 11.26 ± 1.57 9.77 ± 0.84 RI, MS
Sub-total 1031.89 689.52 604.70
Acid
29 1451 Acetic acid 15.27 ± 0.52 9.60 ± 1.48 7.65 ± 1.70 Sour, vinegarj RI, MS, PC
Sub-total 15.27 9.60 7.65
Ketones
30 1389 2-Nonanone 14.22 ± 7.98 7.04 ± 1.12 8.56 ± 1.73 Mintq RI, MS
31 1526 Camphor 8.93 ± 7.21 17.13 ± 6.14 14.50 ± 1.50 Camphorr RI, MS, PC
32 1588 Calarene 6.00 ± 0.67 3.59 ± 0.43 3.36 ± 0.19 Greenl RI, MS
Sub-total 29.15 27.77 26.42
Ethers
33 817 Methyl acetate 6.24 ± 1.37 2.23 ± 0.22 1.72 ± 0.10 Fruitys RI, MS
34 1861 Methyl 3-phenylpropanoate 14.67 ± 1.73 3.63 ± 0.72 3.36 ± 0.15 RI, MS
Sub-total 20.91 5.86 5.08
Total identified/detected 1547.42 1109.28 1068.67

Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. (n = 3)

aRetention indices relative to n-alkanes on a polar DB-Wax column

bOdor descriptors of volatile compounds identified in the literature

cIdentification based on retention index (RI), NIST MS library (MS), and authentic standards analyzed by mass spectrometry (PC)

dKumazawa and Masuda (2002)

eWang et al. (2008)

fQin et al. (2013)

gJirovetz et al. (2005)

hJordán et al. (2003)

iAlvarez et al. (2011)

jCheong et al. (2012)

kUsami et al. (2013)

lCosta et al. (2008)

mMacleod and De Troconis (1982)

nSelli et al. (2006)

oSant’Anna et al. (2007)

pMacLeod and Pieris (1982)

qGalvão et al. (2011)

rVera et al. (2014)

sSu and Chien (2010)