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. 2019 Apr 10;24(7):1404. doi: 10.3390/molecules24071404

Table 4.

Concentrations of fermentation volatiles present in samples collected during RO-EP treatment of Trial 2 wines.

Wine D Wine E P
Wine in Wine out Retentate Permeate Pre-EP Permeate Post-EP Strip Water Wine in Wine out Retentate Permeate Pre-EP Permeate Post-EP Strip Water
straight chain acids acetic acid 1 682 653 672 600 614 301 461 445 468 425 364 100 <0.001
propanoic acid 2207 2264 2107 3632 3126 1423 1287 1286 1465 1010 778 401 0.417
butanoic acid 1152 714 1289 677 <250 <250 756 736 868 589 <250 <250 0.009
hexanoic acid 2116 2080 2488 1574 1022 728 1275 1237 1477 759 <250 <250 <0.001
octanoic acid 2470 2283 2518 1023 529 466 1070 988 1242 587 <250 362 0.041
decanoic acid 514 518 565 254 <100 162 493 461 542 317 207 286 0.003
straight chain ethyl esters ethyl acetate 1 123 98 137 99 21 47 61 51 67 47 4 27 0.013
ethyl propanoate 473 353 548 345 59 164 207 174 238 146 <25 80 0.032
ethyl butanoate 307 239 359 183 35 92 171 145 202 85 5 47 0.004
ethyl hexanoate 452 346 552 226 46 120 27 23 33 13 2 8 0.400
ethyl octanoate 298 221 359 132 32 63 28 23 34 17 2 11 0.355
ethyl decanoate 161 105 178 42 7 14 4 3 6 1 <1 <1 0.455
branched acids 2-methylpropanoic acid 1696 1583 1890 1084 738 506 1578 1535 1946 722 321 265 <0.001
2-methylbutanoic acid 14586 12746 18916 5819 2474 1705 1202 1169 1506 335 177 187 0.361
3-methylbutanoic acid 1651 1558 2141 787 447 280 1345 1311 1619 364 173 175 <0.001
branched ethyl esters ethyl 2-methylpropanoate 339 307 466 121 31 52 124 102 157 41 <5 21 0.070
ethyl 2-methylbutanoate 51 44 68 13 2 4 25 22 34 6 <1 3 0.017
ethyl 3-methylbutanoate 82 68 111 21 3 7 37 33 48 10 <1 5 0.031
acetates 2-methylpropyl acetate 51 44 67 20 <5 11 45 42 58 15 <5 <5 <0.001
2-methylbutyl acetate 191 158 244 64 11 51 106 97 140 24 <10 14 0.004
3-methylbutyl acetate 593 474 747 202 42 181 1052 956 1345 269 23 165 0.017
hexyl acetate 8 4 9 4 <2 5 20 18 23 10 2 6 0.142
2-phenylethyl acetate 297 240 358 170 35 111 855 806 1040 321 39 192 0.112
alcohols 2-methylpropanol 1 68 63 85 30 7 19 66 63 81 22 2 14 <0.001
butanol 1787 1587 1917 1458 649 989 1556 1460 1800 992 304 605 <0.001
2/3-methylbutanol 1 152 143 189 59 15 38 330 339 445 158 12 80 0.037
1-hexanol 2229 1952 2649 1262 252 761 3654 3322 4220 1900 <50 1099 0.007
2-phenylethanol 1 287 280 328 171 124 43 414 409 473 238 159 67 0.001

1 Concentrations are µg/L, except for acetic acid, ethyl acetate, 2-methylpropanol, 2-methylbutanol and 2-phenylethyl ethanol, which are mg/L; < denotes below limit of detection.