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. 2019 Jan 30;272:251–257. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.226

Table 2.

Average relative abundance of each volatile compound (relative to Arabica) presented in the headspace was calculated in the eight coffee samples (excludes acetic acid).

aroma compound Robusta 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% Arabica
1 2,6-diethylpyrazine 498 ± 7.9e 338 ± 35d 278 ± 24cd 246 ± 23bcd 235 ± 20bc 174 ± 35ab 208 ± 22bc 100 ± 17a
2 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine 435 ± 39d 340 ± 49cd 266 ± 22bc 256 ± 20bc 221 ± 8.6b 176 ± 19ab 226 ± 18b 100 ± 18a
3 2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine 327 ± 21d 276 ± 27cd 233 ± 14bc 210 ± 18bc 197 ± 16bc 148 ± 25ab 183 ± 38ab 100 ± 26a
4 trimethylpyrazine 314 ± 27d 244 ± 23cd 193 ± 26bc 176 ± 17abc 160 ± 19ab 123 ± 12ab 150 ± 29ab 100 ± 14a
5 2-ethyl-5-methylpyrazine 302 ± 22d 265 ± 17cd 228 ± 24bcd 207 ± 22bc 197 ± 17bc 153 ± 21ab 187 ± 36abc 100 ± 20a
6 ethylpyrazine 230 ± 21c 185 ± 16bc 172 ± 34abc 150 ± 26ab 144 ± 19ab 118 ± 19ab 141 ± 27ab 100 ± 16a
7 2,5-dimethylpyrazine 223 ± 13b 165 ± 5.8b 149 ± 23ab 123 ± 16a 122 ± 12a 86 ± 11a 104 ± 12a 100 ± 13a
8 2,6-dimethylpyrazine 204 ± 21c 181 ± 17bc 154 ± 27abc 134 ± 26ab 130 ± 25ab 98 ± 23a 112 ± 18ab 100 ± 11a
9 methylpyrazine 169 ± 16b 128 ± 15ab 111 ± 4.6a 91 ± 5.9a 90 ± 9.8a 76 ± 17a 79 ± 10a 100 ± 14a
10 2,3-dimethylpyrazine 178 ± 23c 137 ± 12bc 113 ± 6.2ab 104 ± 9.2ab 93 ± 6.5ab 77 ± 8.3a 92 ± 8.6ab 100 ± 8.2ab
11 pyrazine 124 ± 3.1d 102 ± 5.1c 76 ± 2.6b 68 ± 9.0ab 62 ± 8.6ab 60 ± 8.3ab 54 ± 6.8a 100 ± 3.4c
12 furfural 94 ± 8.2a 108 ± 4.2ab 149 ± 20abc 152 ± 23abc 201 ± 22c 154 ± 19abc 174 ± 12bc 100 ± 4.1a
13 2-furanmethanol 34 ± 12ab 29 ± 3.9a 39 ± 6.9ab 48 ± 7.1ab 55 ± 6.9ab 58 ± 6.3ab 65 ± 12b 100 ± 5.6c
14 4-methylthiazole 192 ± 2.3c 133 ± 17b 89 ± 2.2a 77 ± 11a 68 ± 15a 63 ± 16a 64 ± 12a 100 ± 3.3ab
15 trimethylthiazole 107 ± 5.1c 88 ± 6.2ab 84 ± 1.9ab 82 ± 9.3ab 77 ± 2.0a 73 ± 2.1a 73 ± 3.5a 100 ± 2.3bc
16 3-methylthiophene 96 ± 11bc 82 ± 17abc 78 ± 4.1ab 71 ± 1.2a 64 ± 3.1a 73 ± 2.1a 62 ± 2.3a 100 ± 3.1c
17 propanoic acid 37 ± 6.2a 45 ± 8.1ab 59 ± 2.3bc 66 ± 5.3c 69 ± 4.7c 66 ± 5.1c 68 ± 1.1c 100 ± 5.9d
18 hydroxyacetone 107 ± 5.9ab 132 ± 14b 103 ± 6.1ab 97 ± 5.2ab 108 ± 12ab 89 ± 2.4a 84 ± 5.1a 100 ± 8.7ab
19 hexanal 710 ± 23c 667 ± 36bc 876 ± 20d 475 ± 52b 607 ± 47bc 494 ± 5.2b 520 ± 55bc 100 ± 15a
20 1-methyl-2-formylpyrrole 264 ± 6.9b 131 ± 17a 128 ± 5.0a 99 ± 2.8a 102 ± 1.7a 93 ± 8.1a 80 ± 12a 100 ± 14a
21 pyrrole 247 ± 15e 160 ± 7.2d 106 ± 3.5c 96 ± 10abc 84 ± 5.2ab 81 ± 7.9ab 78 ± 3.2a 100 ± 4.2bc
22 1-methylpyrrole 100 ± 1.6c 55 ± 2.2b 46 ± 5.6ab 35 ± 7.0ab 34 ± 1.1a 33 ± 7.5a 29 ± 2.6a 100 ± 2.4c
23 1-ethylpyrrole 94 ± 5.9b 52 ± 7.9a 55 ± 8.7a 44 ± 3.3a 45 ± 4.2a 42 ± 3.5a 39 ± 9.1a 100 ± 3.2b

abcdeSamples with the same letter code in any row are not significantly different (p < 0.05).

Mean ± standard deviation.