Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 56, Issue 11, Pages 4120-4127Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf8005245
Keywords
extract dilution analysis; 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol; 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate; methyl (R,S) and (S,S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoate
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The volatiles present in fresh, pink-fleshed Colombian guavas (Psidium guajava, L.), variety regional rojo, were carefully isolated by solvent extraction followed by solvent-assisted flavor evaporation, and the aroma-active areas in the gas chromatogram were screened by application of the aroma extract dilution analysis. The results of the identification experiments in combination with the FD factors revealed 4-methoxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone, 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone, 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate, and 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol followed by 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone, (2)-3-hexenal, trans-4,5,-epoxy-(E)-2-decenal, cinnamyl alcohol, ethyl butanoate, hexanal, methional, and cinnamyl acetate as important aroma contributors. Enantioselective gas chromatography revealed an enantiomeric distribution close to the racemate in 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate as well as in 3-sulfanyl-1 -hexanol. In addition, two fruity smelling diastereomeric methyl 2-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoates were identified as the (R,S)- and the (S,S)-isomers, whereas the (S,R)- and (R,R)-isomers were absent. Seven odorants were identified for the first time in guavas, among them 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate, 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone, trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)-2-decenal, and methional were the most odor-active.
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