Table 4.

Correlation between alcohols and amino acids determined in Iberian hams with an adjusted-R² regression coefficient higher than 0.75 with p < 0.05. Notes: Codes of volatile compounds are described in Table 2; BF, biceps femoris muscle; ST, semitendinosus muscle; SM, semimembranosus muscle; SF, subcutaneous fat.

Amino acids	Volatile compounds
	V7	V8	V14	V19	V21	V25	V28	V34	V33	V38	V42	V44
Tryptophan										SF:0.75	BF:0.79	BF:0.80
Tyrosine					BF:0.85 ST:0.80 SM:0.89			ST:0.76		ST:0.81
Tyramine						ST:0.92 SF:0.79
Creatine		BF:0.85 SF:0.79	BF:0.82						SF:0.89 BF:0.92	BF:0.83 ST:0.79 SM:0.93	BF:0.75	BF:0.82 ST:0.87
Asparagine	BF:0.77
Taurine			ST:0.82	ST:0.87	BF:0.93		BF:0.81 ST:0.80	ST:0.75
Glycine								BF:0.85