Table 7.

Pearson correlation coefficients between key volatile compounds and gene expression of longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle in goats ¹.

Item 2	PPARγ	SCD	LPL
Ethanol	−0.5689	0.7052 *	0.7599 *
1-hexanol	0.3272	−0.6146	−0.5435
1-heptanol	−0.6140	−0.3168	0.7830 *
1-octen-3-ol	−0.5506	−0.4336	0.7323 *
(Z)-2-octen-1-ol	−0.4814	−0.1500	0.8746 **
1-octanol	−0.3095	−0.5766	0.3358
Hexanal	−0.7299 *	0.1437	0.9354 ***
Heptanal	−0.7307 *	−0.0057	0.8861 **
Octanal	0.7443 *	0.0137	−0.8250 **
Nonanal	0.5984	0.0892	−0.9174 ***
Decanal	−0.4527	−0.2811	0.6936 *
2,3-octanedione	0.5060	−0.2555	−0.8111 **
Carbon disulfide	0.6195	0.0782	−0.9262 ***
2-pentyl-furan	0.0778	0.4142	−0.1854

¹ Only flavor components with ROAV ≥ 0.1 in one of the three group samples are presented. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. ² PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; SCD, stearoyl-CoA desaturase; and LPL, lipoprotein lipase.