B. Siegmund et al., 5,6-DIHYDRO-2,4,6-TRIMETHYL-4H-1,3,5-DITHIAZINE - AN AROMA-ACTIVE COMPOUND FORMED IN COURSE OF THE LIKENS-NICKERSON EXTRACTION, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR LEBENSMITTEL-UNTERSUCHUNG UND-FORSCHUNG A-FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 205(1), 1997, pp. 73-75
5,6-Dihydro-2,4,6-trimethyl-4H-1,3,5-dithiazine (thialdine) is an arom
a-active compound that has been isolated from different species of mea
t. In this study we have investigated the formation of thialdine using
the simultaneous distillation-extraction according to Likens-Nickerso
n for the extraction of aroma compounds. Three isomers of thialdine we
re identified in the aroma extract of cooked and dried hen meat. It wa
s shown that these compounds are not genuine substances from the sampl
e examined, but that they are artefacts formed during sample preparati
on.