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Volatile constituents of salak ( Salacca edulis Reinw.) fruit
Author(s) -
Wong K. C.,
Tie D. Y.
Publication year - 1993
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/ffj.2730080606
Subject(s) - chemistry , terpenoid , steam distillation , extraction (chemistry) , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , distillation , botany , chromatography , stereochemistry , mass spectrometry , biology
The volatile constituents of the salak fruit were analysed by capillary GC, GC–MS and 1 H NMR following isolation by simultaneous steam distillation–extraction. Forty‐six compounds were identified, among which methyl esters of branched‐chain alkenoic and β‐hydroxy acids predominated and terpenoids were completely absent. The most abundant components were methyl 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylpentanoate (25.0%) and methyl ( E )‐3‐methylpent‐2‐enoate (23.4%).