COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF THE AROMATIC PROFILES OF 2 DIFFERENT PLUM SPECIES - PRUNUS-SALICINA LINDL AND PRUNUS-SIMONII L

Authors
GOMEZ E LEDBETTER CA
Citation
E. Gomez et Ca. Ledbetter, COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF THE AROMATIC PROFILES OF 2 DIFFERENT PLUM SPECIES - PRUNUS-SALICINA LINDL AND PRUNUS-SIMONII L, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 65(1), 1994, pp. 111-115
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
111 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1994)65:1<111:COTAPO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Volatile compounds of two plum species (Prunus salicina Lindl and Prun us simonii L) were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography-mass spect rometry using simultaneous vacuum distillation extraction. Aroma patte rns were identified and quantified. A total of 60 compounds were ident ified, of which 23 were unique to P simonii. The profile of P simonii, as well as a study of the odor unit values of some identified compoun ds, indicated a much stronger aroma than P salicina. Hexyl acetate, wh ich produces a characteristic apple aroma, was present in P simonii at levels 50-fold higher than in the studied cultivars of P salicina.