DEHYDRATION PRODUCTS OF 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OFF-FLAVOR IN THE CHANNEL CATFISH

Authors
MILLS OE CHUNG SY JOHNSEN PB
Citation
Oe. Mills et al., DEHYDRATION PRODUCTS OF 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OFF-FLAVOR IN THE CHANNEL CATFISH, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 41(10), 1993, pp. 1690-1692
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
41
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1690 - 1692
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1993)41:10<1690:DPO2AN>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses indicated that v olatile fractions of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) covering a range of flavor quality were all found to contain 2-methylenebornane a nd 2-methyl-2-bornene, dehydration products of 2-methylisoborneol. Gas chromatographic effluent sniffing indicated that the only ''earthy/mu sty'' odor compounds present were identified as 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin. It was concluded that 2-methylenebornane and 2-methyl-2-born ene, which do not have discernible odors, do not contribute to off-fla vor, contrary to an earlier study.