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. 2020 Sep 14;9(9):1288. doi: 10.3390/foods9091288

Table 2.

Average concentrations (µg·g−1) and standard deviation of each analyte including results of the Tukey’s test.

HS-GC-MS HS-GC-IMS Sensory Properties
[20,21,22,23,24,32,33,34,35]
Analyte EVOO VOO LOO EVOO VOO LOO
Ethyl acetate - - - 0.17 ± 0.16 a 0.46 ± 0.56 b 0.99 ± 1.47 b Fusty, winey-vinegary, fruity, aromatic, ethereal, sweet
1-penten-3-one - - - 0.66 ± 0.09 a 0.31 ± 0.01 b 0.14 ± 0.01 c Green, pungent, sweet
2-pentanone - - - 0.19 ± 0.14 a 0.17 ± 0.08 a 0.15 ± 0.09 a Sweet
4-methyl-pentan-2-one - - - 0.70 ± 0.71 a 0.62 ± 0.49 a 1.52 ± 0.77 a Fruity, sweet, ethereal
Hexanal 0.70 ± 0.33 a 0.91 ± 0.22 a 1.10 ± 0.4 b 0.86 ± 0.01 a 0.97 ± 0.60 b 0.99 ± 0.20 b Mustiness-humidity, fusty, winey-vinegary, rancid, green-sweet, green apple, grass
Trans-2-pentenal - - - 0.83 ± 0.12 a 1.06 ± 0.12 a,b 1.30 ± 0.13 b Winey-vinegary, pungent, green
Trans-2-hexen-1-al 0.70 ± 0.28 a 0.45 ± 0.17 b 0.40 ± 0.19 b 0.74 ± 0.15 a 0.48 ± 0.19 b 0.39 ± 0.21 b Mustiness-humidity, fusty, winey-vinegary, rancid, bitter almond, green
Heptanal - - - 0.49 ± 0.10 a 0.50 ± 0.08 a 0.94 ± 0.12 b Rancid, fatty, woody
6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one 0.16 ± 0.15 a 0.18 ± 0.29 a 0.67 ± 0.93 b - - - Mustiness-humidity, fusty, rancid, pungent, green
3-hexenyl acetate 1.01 ± 0.17 a 0.50 ± 0.23 b 0.47 ± 0.3 b - - - Green banana, green leaves, fruity
Nonanal 0.28 ± 0.12 a 0.31 ± 0.18 a 0.63 ± 0.36 b 0.35 ± 0.15 a 0.37 ± 0.19 a 0.76 ± 0.42 b Rancid, fatty, waxy, pungent
Decanal 1.56 ± 0.20 a 1.63 ± 0.75 a 1.63 ± 0.53 a - - - Rancid
Trans-2-decenal 2.17 ± 1.97 a 2.32 ± 1.39 a 2.41 ± 1.60 b - - - Rancid
Hexyl acetate - - - 0.52 ± 0.01a 0.47 ± 0.01 a 0.22 ± 0.09 b Fruity, green, sweet

a, b, c superscripts represent different groups of classification for a specific compound according to the Tukey’s test. EVOO: extra virgin olive oil; VOO: virgin olive oil; LOO: lampante olive oil.