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. 2022 Sep 16;32(10):1315–1324. doi: 10.4014/jmb.2206.06012

Table 3.

Volatile compounds identified by GC-MS analysis.

Chemical class Volatile compounds RT (min) Odor description Percentage relative peak area

MFJ Probiotic fermented fruit juice (PFJ)

FPB.25 FSB.25 FPBS.25
Alcohols 3-methyl-1-butanol 9.4810 Sweet, alcohol - 40.3 16.2 41.9
1-hexanol 13.2363 - 2.5 10.8 21.1 16.8
2-phenylethanol 25.9774 Roses, honey - 4.1 1.1 4.2
Aldehyde Acetaldehyde 2.5754 Pungent - 2.4 2.2 3.5
Acid Acetic acid 15.7251 Sour, acid - 9.2 - 6.4
Esters Ethyl acetate 3.4763 Pineapple, fruity 72.0 19.3 29.2 26.6
Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate 5.7967 Fruity 3.6 1.2 1.0 1.4
Ethyl hexanoate 10.1617 Sweet, fruity - 2.0 2.1 2.3
Ethyl lactate 12.9595 Fruity - 2.5 1.5 2.3
Ethyl decanoate 20.3464 - - 0.6 0.3 1.0
Ketone 3-hydroxy-2-butanone 11.4782 Butter - 12.9 22.9 22.5
Phenol 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol 33.3645 - 81.0 35.1 45.5 53.2
Terpenes Linalool 18.0575 - 13.5 7.2 9.4 10.1
β-Damascenone 24.2188 Sweet, fruity - 1.5 2.8 2.3

MFJ, Mixed fruit juice control; FPB.25, fermented with 1% L. plantarum (P) and 0.25% S. boulardii (B); FSB.25, fermented with 1% L. salivarius (S) and 0.25% S. boulardii (B); FPSB.25, mixed FPB.25 and FSB.25 at a ratio of 1:1. Odor descriptions were cited from www.flavornet.org and recent reports.

Percentage relative peak area of volatile compounds is expressed as (compound peak area/total compounds peak area) ×100.

-, Not detectable.