Fig. 1.

Impact of capsaicin on in-nose aroma release. i) Aroma release intensity from APCI-MS analysis over 60 s for CTR (black solid line with the dot) and CAP (red dash line with the dot); different letters (a-c) indicated significant differences between time points (p < 0.05). Average data of ii) Imax and iii) AUC for CTR (white bar) and CAP (grey bar); no statistical difference between CTR and CAP (p > 0.05). Data were based on the average of 15 participants x 3 reps for each sample. The standard error is shown as ± error bar. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)