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A multivariate study of the relationship between fatty acids and volatile flavor components in olive and walnut oils
Author(s) -
Torres Mariela M.,
Martínez Marcela L.,
Maestri Damián M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/s11746-005-1050-0
Subject(s) - nonanal , chemistry , food science , flavor , oleic acid , olive oil , hexanal , linoleic acid , composition (language) , fatty acid , organic chemistry , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The relationships between FA and the volatile profiles of olive and walnut oils from Argentina were studied using GC and solid‐phase microextraction coupled with GC‐MS. The major volatiles were aldehydes and hydrocarbons, produced mainly through the oxidative pathways. n ‐Pentane, nonanal, and 2,4‐decadienal were predominant in walnut oils, whereas nonanal, 2‐decenal, and 2‐undecenal were the most abundant components in olive oils. A multivariate analysis applied to the chemical data emphasized the differences between the oils and allowed us to see a pattern of covariation among the FA and the volatile compounds. The main differences between walnut and olive oils were the presence of larger amounts of short‐chain (C 5 –C 6 ) saturated hydrocarbons and aldehydes in the former and the greater quantities of medium‐chain (C 7 –C 11 ) compounds in olive oil. This can be explained by their different origins, mainly from the linoleic acid in walnut oil or almost exclusively from the oleic acid in olive oil.