scholarly journals Characteristic-Aroma-Component-Based Evaluation and Classification of Strawberry Varieties by Aroma Type

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (20) ◽  
pp. 6219
Author(s):  
Lixia Sheng ◽  
Yinan Ni ◽  
Jianwen Wang ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
Hongsheng Gao

The unique fruity aroma of strawberries, a popular fruit of high economic value, is closely related to all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained within them. Despite extensive studies on the identification of VOCs in strawberries, systematic studies on fruit-aroma-related VOCs are few, resulting in a lack of effective standards for accurately distinguishing aroma types. In the present study, solid-phase micro extraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry were used to analyze and identify VOCs in the ripe fruit of each of the 16 strawberry varieties at home and abroad and to explore their characteristic aroma components and the classification of such varieties by aroma type. The results suggested remarkable variations in the types and contents of VOCs in different strawberry varieties, of which esters were dominant. The principal volatile components, consisting of four esters, three alcohols, one aldehyde, and one ketone, in 16 strawberry varieties were detected based on the absolute and relative contents of VOCs in the fruit. The characteristic aroma components in strawberries, containing nine esters, six aldehydes, and one alcohol, were determined based on the aroma values of different VOCs, and the characteristic aroma components were divided into five types further based on aroma descriptions. Sixteen strawberry varieties were finally divided into four aroma types, namely, peachy, pineapple, fruity, and floral, based on the contributions of different types. The results provided a basis and standard for classifying strawberries by aroma type, studying the hereditary regularity of the fruity aroma of strawberries, and improving aroma quality.

Author(s):  
Antonia Flores ◽  
Silvia Sorolla ◽  
Concepció Casas ◽  
Rosa Cuadros ◽  
Anna Bacardit

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) arise from the chemicals used in the various stages of the leather manufacturing process. An important aim of the tanning industry is to minimize or eliminate VOCs and SVOCs, without lowering the quality of leather.   This paper shows the development of a new headspace-solid phase micro extraction coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC-MS) method for the identification of VOCs and SVOCs emitted by newly designed polymers for the leather finishing operation. These new polymers are polyurethane resins designed to reduce the VOC and SVOC concentration. This method enables a simple and fast determination of the qualitative and semi-quantitative content of VOCs and SVOCs in polyurethane-type finishing resins. The chemicals that are of concern in this paper are the following: Dipropylene glycol Monomethyl Ether (DPGME), DBE-3 (a mixture of dibasic esters) and Triethylamine (TEA). The test conditions that have been determined to carry out the HS-SPME assay are the following: incubation time (2 hours), extraction temperature and time (40°C; 5 minutes) and the desorption conditions (280°C, 50 seconds).  Ten samples of laboratory scale resins were tested by HS-SPME followed by gas chromatography (GC-MS). DPGME and DBE-3 (a mixture of dimethyl adipate, dimethyl glutarate and dimethyl succinate) have been identified effectively. The compounds are identified by a quantitative method using external calibration curves for the target compounds. The technique is not effective to determine the TEA compound, since the chromatograms shown poor resolution peaks for the standard. 


2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 1852-1855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Zheng Shi ◽  
Qing Yun Chen ◽  
Xi Chang Wang ◽  
Jin Qing Wan

In this paper, the dorsal meat of grass carp was used as research object. The volatile compounds of grass carp were extracted and concentrated by headspace solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME). Then the volatiles were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed that SPME-GC-MS was effective to analysis of the volatiles in grass carp meat. According to GC-MS, 42 volatile compounds were detected in dorsal meat of grass carp. The volatile components are mostly carbonyl compounds and alcohols, and the relative contents are 95.74%. The method of odor activity value was applied to determine predominant volatile components of grass carp. There are 12 predominant components were determined in dorsal meat of grass carp, including: 1-Octen-3-ol, 2,6-Nonadienal, Nonanal, (E,E)-2,4-Decadienal, (E,Z)-2,4-Decadienal, Hexanal, 2-Nonenal, Octanal, 2-Decenal, Heptanal, Heptanol and 2-Octenal etc. The study will enrich the theoretical knowledge of flavor chemistry .


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1986887
Author(s):  
Anette Garrido ◽  
Jose Gudiño Ledezma ◽  
Armando A. Durant-Archibold ◽  
Noris Salazar Allen ◽  
Juan Carlos Villarreal A ◽  
...  

We report for the first time the chemical profiling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of gametophyte and sporophyte life stages of Leiosporoceros dussii, from Panama by using headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in order to assess distinguishing chemical markers between the male and female gametophytes, and sporophytes of this hornwort. A total of 27 VOCs were identified in L. dussii. Furthermore, the gametophyte and sporophyte showed clear differences in the type and amount of VOCs. The main constituents of L. dussii female thalli were menthacamphor (17.8%), hexanol (12.3%), and menthyl acetate (12.3%), while the major compounds of the male thalli were hexanol (25.3%), β-ionone (21.1%), benzeneacetaldehyde (17.6%), and β-cyclocitral (14.0%). The main VOCs of the sporophytes were hexanal (19.3%), β-cyclocitral (17.6%), 2-nonenal (15.8%), hexanol (12.5%), and β-ionone (10.2%). Unique compounds found in the female thalli were 3-pentanone, 3-octenol, nonanol, estragole, and menthyl acetate, and in the male thalli were methyl heptenone, nonanal, neoisomenthol, and bornyl acetate. Isomenthol, thymol, isomenthol acetate, and β-methylnaphthalene were only found in the sporophyte. The characteristic VOCs identified in L. dussii suggest a difference between the chemical constituents of L. dussii and other hornworts species. The presence of simple VOCs when compared with compounds previously characterized in another hornwort genera may support the distinct genetic nature of this species.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Licen ◽  
Elija Muzic ◽  
Sara Briguglio ◽  
Arianna Tolloi ◽  
Pierluigi Barbieri ◽  
...  

PurposeMethods to assess the authenticity and traceability of wines have been extensively studied as enhancers of food quality, allowing producers to obtain market recognition and premium prices. Among analytical techniques, the volatilome profile attained by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry is acquiring more and more attention by the scientific community, together with the use of chemometricsDesign/methodology/approachThe volatilome profile of three varieties of blanc wines from the Collio area (namely Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia and Friulano) between Italy and Slovenia, was determined by head space-solid phase micro extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, enhancing the carbonyl compounds identification with O-(2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorobenzyl)-hydroxylamine with the aim of identifying the autochthonous Friulano variety.FindingsA two-step chemometric approach based on an unsupervised technique (PCA) followed by a supervised one (PLS-DA) allowed to identify possible markers for discriminating the Friulano Collio variety from the others, in particular two chemical classes were identified by PCA (ketones and long chain esters). PLS-DA showed 87% accuracy in classification. A correct classification (i.e. non-Friulano Collio) of a group of wines obtained from the same grape variety but produced in an extra-Collio area was obtained as well. The results confirmed the benefits of using a derivatization step prior to volatile organic compounds analysis.Research limitations/implicationsAmong methods to assess the authenticity and traceability of wines, volatilome profile of wines determined by head space-solid phase micro extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, enhanced by the carbonyl compound identifications with O-(2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorobenzyl)-hydroxylamine, may have a key role in conjunction with chemometrics and, in particular with principal component analysis and partial least square discriminant analysis.Practical implicationsAmong methods to assess the authenticity and traceability of Friulano wine, volatilome profile of wines determined by head space-solid phase micro extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, enhanced by the carbonyl compound identifications with O-(2, 3, 4, 5, 6-Pentafluorobenzyl)Hydroxylamine hydrochloride, may have a key role in conjunction with chemometrics.Originality/valueFew works investigated both wine traceability with a volatilome enhancer and chemometrics of the Friulano wine variety obtaining such an improvement in this wine variety discrimination.


Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estefanía Núñez-Carmona ◽  
Marco Abbatangelo ◽  
Ivano Zottele ◽  
Pierpaolo Piccoli ◽  
Armando Tamanini ◽  
...  

Jams are appreciated worldwide and have become a growing market, due to the greater attention paid by consumers for healthy food. The selected products for this study represent a segment of the European market that addresses natural products without added sucrose or with a low content of natural sugars. This study aims to identify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that characterize three flavors of fruit and five recipes using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) analysis. Furthermore, an innovative device, a small sensor system (S3), based on gas sensors with nanomaterials has been used; it may be particularly advantageous in the production line. Results obtained with linear discriminant analysis (LDA) show that S3 can distinguish among the different recipes thanks to the differences in the VOCs that are present in the specimens, as evidenced by the GC–MS analysis. Finally, this study highlights how the thermal processes for obtaining the jam do not alter the natural properties of the fruit.


Author(s):  
Salsabiil Dhiyaa Rinanda ◽  
Rusky I Pratama ◽  
Indah Riyantini ◽  
Iis Rostini

Squid (Loligo sp.) is one of the marine fishery commodities that abundant in resources and valuable economically in Indonesia. To increase the economic value of food, processing activities are needed, steaming is one of them. Processing activities using high temperatures are suspected to affect the composition of flavor compounds in fishery products. Flavor volatile are components that act as aroma, the initial impression (top notes), and evaporate easily. This research is to study and identify volatile compounds composition found in steamed squid. The squid was taken from Indramayu, West Java, subsequently the sample preparation was conducted at the Laboratory of Fishery Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Padjajaran. Volatile components were analyzed at Flavor Laboratory, Indonesian Center for Rice Research, Sukamandi, Subang from February to April 2021. Volatile compounds were analyzed using Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (GC / MS) with an extraction temperature of 80ºC in 45 minutes (Solid Phase Micro Extraction). The proximate analysis was analyzed at Inter-University Centre Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural Institute. The volatile compound analysis successfully detected 30 compounds in the steamed squid sample. The proximate analysis showed steamed squid contained 74.99% water content, 1.49% ash, 2.09% fat, and 21.12% protein.


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