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Volatile constituents of fruits of Annona glabra L. from Brazil
Author(s) -
Santos Alberdan S.,
Andrade Eloisa Helena De A.,
Zoghbi Maria Das Graças B.,
Maia José Guilherme S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199805/06)13:3<148::aid-ffj711>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - chemistry , ripening , limonene , terpenoid , botany , horticulture , food science , essential oil , stereochemistry , biology
Abstract The volatile constituents of the fruits of Annona glabra L. growing wild in North Brazil were analysed by GC–MS. The fruits were collected at three stages of ripening: unripe, half‐ripe and ripe. The most abundant class of compounds found in the aromas were terpenoids. The major components identified were α‐pinene (unripe, 18.5%; half‐ripe, 11.3%; ripe, 15.0%), limonene (unripe, 20.0%; half‐ripe, 20.7%; ripe, 20.6%), α‐phellandrene (unripe, 21.0%; half‐ripe, 1.2%; ripe, 2.0%) and ( E )‐β‐ocimene (unripe, 15.8%; half‐ripe, 19.7%; ripe, 18.3%). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.