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. 2019 Jul 6;24(13):2484. doi: 10.3390/molecules24132484

Table 1.

Concentration of aroma compounds identified in whole wheat and intermediate wheatgrass bread crust.

Retention Index MS-SIM (m/z) Compound Name Odor Description 1 Average ± SD 2 (µg/kg) *
DB-Wax HP-5 Whole Wheat Intermediate Wheatgrass
<1000 <600 72 2-methylpropanal malty, grain 3456 ± 515 2786 ± 88
<1000 <600 43 Diacetyl butter 1876 ± 81 1298 ± 174 *
<1000 655 86 3-methylbutanal pungent, grain 1839 ± 171 1475 ± 572
1216 730 70 3-methylbutanol musty, grain, fruity 10,103 ± 887 5319 ± 1209 *
1360 870 56 1-hexanol bready, fruity 660 ± 56 691 ± 134
1451 907 104 Methional potato, earthy, roasted 522 ± 29 110 ± 13 *
1508 913 95 2-acetylfuran yeasty, fermented 1355 ± 46 81.9 ± 5.7 *
1333 924 112 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline crust, bread, corn chip 9.2 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.2 *
1308 980 55 1-octen-3-one green, metallic, sharp 9.8 ± 1.5 4.2 ± 0. 5 *
1462 986 57 1-octen-3-ol green, herbs 90.2 ± 8.4 116± 24
1693 1020 121 salicylaldehyde pungent, grain, cooked, medicinal 1.2 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.3
1625 1028 43, 122 2-acetylpyrazine baked, bread 593 ± 40 351± 134
1457 1090 135 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine roasted, chocolate, earthy 16.4 ± 1.6 0.71 ± 0.04 *
1465 1094 135 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine sweet, burnt, roasted 11.5 ± 0.7 0.66 ± 0.21 *
1855 1096 109 Guaiacol sweet, cream 13.1 ± 2.8 11.9 ± 0.7
1756 1114 87 2-acetyl-2-thiazoline crust, corn chip 9.8 ± 0.7 15.5 ± 0.86 *
1934 1132 91 2-phenylethanol floral, sweet, yeasty 4225 ± 514 2551 ± 666 *
1499 1155 150 2,3-diethyl-5-methyl-pyrazine earthy, roasted, vegetal 3.3 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.1 *
1584 1157 41, 80 (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienal green, fresh 13.6 ± 2.1 7.1 ± 1.8 *
1538 1167 55 (E)-2-nonenal green, oil, beany 2714 ± 280 1478 ± 165 *
1442 1204 88 ethyl octanoate green, wine 169 ± 28 50.3 ± 4.1 *
2224 1281 150 p-vinylguaiacol cooked, sweet, pasta 4611 ± 693 911 ± 246 *
1542 1295 88 ethyl nonanoate tropical, fruity 32.4 ± 5.6 10.8 ± 2.7 *
1806 1316 81 (E,E)-2,4-decadienal cooked oil 856 ± 151 194 ± 24 *

1 Odor description for GC/MS/O analysis of bread solvent extract. 2 Standard deviation of three biological replicates. * Significantly different according to t-test (p-value < 0.05).