| CSB | Chinese steamed bread |
| OAVs | Odor activity values |
| MOS | Metal oxide semiconductors |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| SPME | Solid-phase microextraction |
| GC/MS | Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry |
| RI | Retention index |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| GC-TOFMS | Gas chromatography / Time-of-flight mass spectrometers |
| PLS-DA | Partial least-squares-discriminant analysis |
| LAB | Lactic acid bacteria |
| VIP | Variable important in the projection |