Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 129, Issue 3, Pages 907-911Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.05.043
Keywords
Mastic water; XAD4 resin; GC-MS analysis; Enantiomeric ratio; Linalool; alpha-Terpineol; Antimicrobial activity; Stability
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Mastic water is a commercial flavouring obtained during the steam distillation of mastic resin (the resin of Pistacia lentiscus var. chia) for the production of mastic oil. The mastic water extracts were analysed by GC-MS. The major compounds identified were verbenone, alpha-terpineol, linalool and trans-pinocarveol. Overall the composition was found to be very different from that of mastic oil. Additional GC-MS revealed the enantiomeric ratio of the chiral constituents of mastic water. The antimicrobial activity of mastic water extract, as well as that of its major constituents, was examined against Escherichia con, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida spp. including ATCC wild clinical and food-borne strains. Linalool and alpha-terpineol were found to be the most potent antimicrobial constituents. Finally the stability of mastic water at different temperatures was studied, showing no change in the GC-MS profile of the organic extract for a period of 4 months at storage temperatures up to 4 degrees C. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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