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. 2021 Jul 24;26(15):4474. doi: 10.3390/molecules26154474

Table 3.

Volatile compounds (%) of red arils (means ± SD).

Compound Fruit Collection Site
Zielona Góra Warsaw Koszalin Cracow
Alcohols
Ethanol 8.93 ± 0.03 c 7.36 ± 0.56 b 6.27 ± 0.52 a 8.55 ± 0.42 c
1-Butanol nd nd 0.94 ± 0.04 b 0.51 ± 0.03 a
1-Pentanol 0.25 ± 0.00 a 0.26 ± 0.01 a 0.37 ± 0.01 c 0.33 ± 0.01 b
1-Hexanol 3.38 ± 0.06 a 5.20 ± 0.68 b 14.95 ± 0.41 d 7.60 ± 0.38 c
2-Hexanol 0.49 ± 0.03 b 0.31 ± 0.01 a 0.31 ± 0.02 a nd
1-Octanol 0.73 ± 0.02 a 1.96 ± 0.28 c 2.42 ± 0.08 d 1.56 ± 0.06 b
3-Octanol 0.10 ± 0.00 a 0.43 ± 0.04 c 0.31 ± 0.02 b 0.59 ± 0.01 d
1-Butanol, 3-methyl 3.73 ± 0.02 b 1.91 ± 0.12 a 3.84 ± 0.27 b 1.92 ± 0.08 a
1-Butanol, 2-methyl 2.90 ± 0.02 c 1.51 ± 0.08 b 2.87 ± 0.10 c 1.28 ± 0.03 a
3-Buten-1-ol, 3-methyl 0.33 ± 0.01 a 0.33 ± 0.02 a 0.39 ± 0.03 b nd
2-Buten-1-ol, 3-methyl nd 0.37 ± 0.03 c 0.34 ± 0.01 b 0.31 ± 0.01 a
2,3-Butanediol 16.35 ± 0.13 c 0.59 ± 0.06 a 2.12 ± 0.18 b nd
3-Hexen-1-ol 0.94 ± 0.16 a 1.79 ± 0.23 b 3.51 ± 0.09 c 5.55 ± 0.36 d
1-Octen-3-ol 0.14 ± 0.01 a 0.64 ± 0.06 b 0.63 ± 0.02 b 0.72 ± 0.03 c
1-Hexanol, 2-ethyl 0.17 ± 0.01 a nd 0.92 ± 0.02 b 0.18 ± 0.01 a
Benzenemethanol 2.10 ± 0.08 a 3.64 ± 0.35 c 5.17 ± 0.14 d 2.91 ± 0.05 b
Benzeneethanol 6.28 ± 0.12 d 0.80 ± 0.09 a 3.44 ± 0.17 c 1.19 ± 0.03 b
Total 46.80 ± 0.10 c 27.09 ± 2.51 a 48.77 ± 0.27 d 33.20 ± 1.25 b
Ketones
3-Pentanone nd nd 1.02 ± 0.05 nd
3-Octanone 0.46 ± 0.02 a 3.13 ± 0.41 c 1.72 ± 0.16 b 4.50 ± 0.27 d
2,3-Butanedione 2.79 ± 0.02 b 5.17 ± 0.35 c 2.46 ± 0.11 b 1.52 ± 0.03 a
1-Octen-3-one nd 0.26 ± 0.04 b nd 0.20 ± 0.01 a
2-Butanone, 3-hydroxy 9.75 ± 0.08 d 6.22 ± 0.51 c 3.27 ± 0.24 b 1.72 ± 0.04 a
2,6,6-Trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1,4-dione 3.37 ± 0.13 b 6.13 ± 0.35 d 2.37 ± 0.03 a 4.72 ± 0.38 c
Acetofenon nd 0.11 ± 0.01 a nd 0.28 ± 0.02 b
Total 16.37 ± 0.22 c 21.02 ± 1.59 d 10.83 ± 0.21 a 12.93 ± 0.66 b
Esters
Ethyl acetate 5.58 ± 0.17 d 2.14 ± 0.14 b 4.95 ± 0.53 c 0.78 ± 0.01 a
Ethyl 2-methylbutanoate 0.65 ± 0.06 a nd 0.60 ± 0.03 a nd
Methyl hexanoate 0.09 ± 0.01 a 0.11 ± 0.02 a 0.25 ± 0.01 b 0.35 ± 0.03 c
Ethyl hexanoate 1.06 ± 0.02 b 0.58 ± 0.08 a 1.25 ± 0.07 b 0.58 ± 0.21 a
Hexyl acetate 0.11 ± 0.05 a nd 0.43 ± 0.02 b nd
Methyl octanoate nd nd 0.22 ± 0.01 b 0.20 ± 0.01 a
Ethyl benzoate 0.14 ± 0.05 a nd 0.21 ± 0.01 b nd
Ethyl octanoate 0.35 ± 0.12 a nd 0.33 ± 0.02 a nd
Methyl nonanoate nd nd 0.04 ± 0.00 a 0.18 ± 0.02 b
Ethyl nonanoate 0.11 ± 0.01 b nd 0.07 ± 0.01 a nd
Ethyl decanoate 0.05 ± 0.01 nd nd nd
Ethyl isobutanoate 0.19 ± 0.02 nd nd nd
Isopentyl acetate 0.38 ± 0.07 a nd 0.50 ± 0.02 b nd
Total 8.67 ± 0.31 c 2.82 ± 0.20 b 8.84 ± 0.71 c 2.08 ± 0.24 a
Aldehydes
Hexanal 2.08 ± 0.05 c 1.58 ± 0.11 a 1.74 ± 0.12 a,b 1.84 ± 0.04 b
Heptanal 0.24 ± 0.03 a 0.31 ± 0.01b 0.22 ± 0.01 a 0.38 ± 0.01 c
Nonanal 1.02 ± 0.08 b 0.81 ± 0.08 a,b 0.62 ± 0.07 a 2.25 ± 0.20 c
Decanal 0.27 ± 0.05 a,b 0.33 ± 0.08b 0.18 ± 0.03 a 0.23 ± 0.03 a
2-Hexenal nd 0.33 ± 0.03 a nd 0.37 ± 0.03 b
3-Methylbutanal nd 0.58 ± 0.04 b 0.59 ± 0.03 b 0.31 ± 0.02 a
Benzaldehyde 1.10 ± 0.08 a 3.42 ± 0.44 c 2.37 ± 0.22 b 1.85 ± 0.24 b
Total 4.70 ± 0.14 a 7.34 ± 0.77 c 5.71 ± 0.23 b 7.22 ± 0.36 c
Hydrocarbons
Toluene nd 0.14 ± 0.03 a 0.25 ± 0.02 b 0.13 ± 0.01 a
Styrene nd nd 0.59 ± 0.06 nd
Dodecane 0.14 ± 0.07 a 0.39 ± 0.06 b 0.31 ± 0.01 b 0.34 ± 0.02 b
2,4-Dimethylheptane nd nd 0.18 ± 0.01 nd
Total 0.14 ± 0.07 a 0.53 ± 0.08 b 1.33 ± 0.05 c 0.47 ± 0.03 b
Terpenes and Terpenoids
α-Pinene 0.07 ± 0.02 a 0.10 ± 0.00 a 0.44 ± 0.02c 0.37 ± 0.04 b
β-Pinene 0.23 ± 0.06 a 0.46 ± 0.03 b 0.47 ± 0.04 b 0.22 ± 0.03 a
m-Cymene 0.12 ± 0.03 a 0.23 ± 0.03 b 0.52 ± 0.05c 0.19 ± 0.02 b
γ-Terpinene 0.06 ± 0.02 a 0.13 ± 0.00 b 0.48 ± 0.02d 0.32 ± 0.00c
3-Carene nd 0.12 ± 0.03 a 0.20 ± 0.04 b 0.11 ± 0.01 a
4-Carene 0.14 ± 0.06 a nd 0.39 ± 0.01 b 0.23 ± 0.00 a
D-Limonene 1.50 ± 0.48 a 2.87 ± 0.23 b 1.33 ± 0.05 a 1.50 ± 0.28 a
α-Terpinolen nd 0.83 ± 0.08 b 0.22 ± 0.02 a 0.92 ± 0.01 c
4-Carvomenthenol nd nd 0.33 ± 0.02 nd
4-Thujanol nd nd 0.58 ± 0.03 nd
Menthol nd nd nd 0.34 ± 0.07
Myrtenol nd 0.46 ± 0.04 a 1.05 ± 0.08 b 0.53 ± 0.02 a
Total 2.07 ± 0.66 a 5.18 ± 0.41 b 6.00 ± 0.19c 4.65 ± 0.44 b
Lactones
Butyrolactone 0.45 ± 0.05 a 0.80 0.28 b 1.01 ± 0.07 b nd

nd—not detected; the same letters in rows indicate the lack of a significant difference at p < 0.05.