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VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF JACK FRUIT (Arthocarpus heterophyllus)
Author(s) -
SWORDS G.,
BOBBIO P. A.,
HUNTER G. L. K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02375.x
Subject(s) - terpenoid , chemistry , chromatography , gas chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , distillation , mass spectrometry , botany , biology , stereochemistry
Using a combination of gas chromatography and spectrometry, 20 major components from an extract of distillate from jack fruit were identified. Of these, 16 were esters and four aliphatic alcohols. The total absence of terpenoids in jack fruit is unique in the plant kingdom.