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Volatile flavours of australian tropical fruits
Author(s) -
Bartley J. P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
biomedical and environmental mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0887-6134
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200160136
Subject(s) - tenax , myrcene , tropical fruit , gas chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , chemistry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , food science , botany , biology , limonene , essential oil
Abstract The volatile components in the headspace of five varieties of mango have been examined by concentration on Tenax GC. Fifty‐four compounds were identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Varieties described by local consumers as unpalatable were found to contain high concentrations of myrcene.