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. 2022 Jun 28;11(13):1921. doi: 10.3390/foods11131921

Table 1.

Concentrations and odors corresponding to the different aroma compounds in wine.

Compound Concentration in Wine
(mg/L) [37]
Aroma Threshold (mg/L) Aroma Descriptors [37]
Water Ethanol
(10% v/v)
Wine Synth. Wine
Ethyl acetate 22.5–63.5 0.005–5 [38] 7.5 [37] Fruit, solvent
Isoamyl acetate 0.1–3.4 0.002 [38] 0.03 [37] Banana, pear
2-phenylethyl acetate 0–18.5 0.25 [37] Floral, fruity, rose
Isobutyl acetate 0.01–1.6 0.066 [38] Banana, fruity
Exiyl acetate 0–4.8 0.7 [37] Sweet, perfume
Ethyl butanoate 0.01–1.8 0.001 [38] 0.02 [37] Floral, fruity
Ethyl esanoate 0.03–3.4 0.05 [37] Green apple
Ethyl octanoate 0.05–3.8 0.02 [37] Soap
Ethyl decanoate 0–2.1 0.2 [37] Floral, soap
Propanol 9–6.8 9 [38] 500 [37] Pungent, astringent
Butanol 0.5–8.5 0.5 [38] 150 [37] Alcoholic
Isobutanol 9–174 40 [37] Alcoholic
Isoamyl alcohol 6–490 0.25–0.3 [38] 30 [37] Astringent, solvent
Hexanol 0.3–12 4 [37] Herbaceous
2- Phenylethyl alcohol 4–197 10 [37] Floral, rose
Acetic acid 100–1150 280 [37] Acidic, vinegar
Acetaldehyde 10–75 0.015–0.12 [38] 100 [37] Unripe walnut, bruised fruit, sherry
Diacetyl <5 0.0023–0.0065 0.2–2.8 [37] Buttery
Glycerol 5–14 5.2 g/L [37] Odorless (slight sweet taste)
Linalool 0.002–0.01 0.006 [38] 0.025 [37] Rose
Geraniol 0.001–0.044 0.04–0.075 [38] 30 [37] Rose
Citronellol 0.015–0.042 0.04–0.086 [38] 100 [37] Citronella
2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline (ACPY) traces 0.0001 [37] Mouse urine
2-Acetyltetrahydropyridine (ACPTY) 0.005–0.1 0.0016 [37] Mouse urine
4-Ethylphenol 0.012–6.5 0.14 [37] 0.6 [37] Medicinal, stable
4-Ethylguaiacol 0.001–0.44 0.04 [38] 0.033 [37] 0.11 [37] Phenolic, sweet
4-Vinylphenol 0.04–0.45 0.02 [37] Drug
4-Vinylguaiacol 0.001–0.71 10 [37] Cloves, phenolic