Table 4 Potent aroma active compounds (FD ≥ 2) in market herbal teas using AEDA analysis
Compoundsa | Odour perceptionb | Market herbal teas | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRI | RT | MT | TT | ||
2-Pentenal | Sweet grassy | ndc | 4 | 4 | 4 |
n-Hexanal | Green | nd | 2 | 2 | 2 |
3-Hexenal | Freshly cut grass | nd | nd | 64 | 256 |
2-Hexenal | Grassy green | nd | 64 | 16 | 32 |
Tridecane | Hydrocarbon-like | nd | nd | 32 | 64 |
2-Hexenol | Sweet floral | 861 | nd | 256 | 8 |
3-Hexenol | Floral | 869 | 16 | 512 | 16 |
n-Heptanal | Fatty green | 916 | nd | 32 | 8 |
Ethylpyrazine | Nutty and roasted | 920 | nd | 2 | 4 |
α-Pinene | Woody | 939 | 64 | 16 | 256 |
Isovaleraldehyde | Chocolate | 961 | nd | nd | nd |
Benzaldehyde | Green | 967 | nd | 128 | 8 |
Hexanoic acid | Sour fatty sweat cheese | 971 | nd | 16 | 256 |
Sabinene | Warm, oily-peppery | 974 | nd | nd | nd |
3-Octenol | Green, meaty | 976 | nd | 2 | 128 |
2,4-Heptadienal | Green fruity | 989 | nd | 256 | 32 |
β-Myrcene | Metallic | 993 | 16 | 64 | 128 |
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one | Citrus, musty, grass, Lemon | 1002 | nd | 32 | nd |
Octanal | Citrusy | 1022 | nd | nd | 32 |
Cineole | Minty | 1035 | nd | nd | nd |
(E)-β ocimene | Citrusy green woody | 1038 | nd | 128 | 512 |
Benzyl alcohol | Floral balsamic | 1039 | nd | 32 | nd |
Benzeneacetaldehyde | Green | 1042 | nd | 512 | 16 |
Limonene | Citrus-like, fresh | 1049 | nd | 1024 | nd |
Phenyl acetaldehyde | Floral Honey | 1051 | nd | 1024 | 2 |
cis-Linalool oxide | Fruity | 1074 | 8 | 1024 | 2 |
4-Thujanol | Woody balsam | 1075 | nd | nd | nd |
trans-Linalool oxide | Fruity and fresh | 1093 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
Rosefuran | Caramel green minty | 1096 | nd | nd | nd |
l-Linalool | Floral, fruity | 1098 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Hotrienol | Ginger-like | 1108 | nd | 8 | 32 |
Phenylethanol | Floral, rose-like | 1119 | nd | 16 | 256 |
1,6-Octadien-3-ol | Fresh floral woody | 1136 | nd | nd | nd |
Ocimenol | Fresh citrus, sweet | 1158 | nd | nd | nd |
Menthol | Minty | 1159 | nd | 1024 | nd |
Rose furan epoxide | Green earthy citrus | 1169 | nd | nd | nd |
Methyl salicylate | Wintergreen-like | 1175 | 512 | nd | nd |
1-Dodecene | Hydrocarbon-like | 1186 | nd | 2 | 1024 |
cis-Hexenyl butyrate | Fresh, green apple, fruity | 1192 | 1024 | 16 | 4 |
α Terpineol | Floral and sweet | 1198 | nd | 4 | 4 |
Safranal | Sweet green, floral | 1201 | nd | nd | 4 |
Levoverbenone | Spicy, mint, camphor note | 1208 | nd | nd | nd |
trans-Geraniol | Sweet rose odor | 1216 | nd | nd | 2 |
Nerol | Floral | 1226 | nd | 2 | 64 |
β-Citronellol + nerol | Clean, rose-like | 1229 | 256 | nd | nd |
Neral | Lemon-like | 1239 | nd | nd | nd |
Pulegone | Peppermint camphor fresh herbal | 1241 | nd | nd | nd |
Geranial | Fresh, lemon-like | 1246 | nd | nd | nd |
Linalyl acetate | Floral, sweet and citric | 1256 | nd | 64 | 16 |
Thymol | Sweet phenolic–herbal–medicinal | 1263 | nd | 16 | nd |
Citral (Z) | Strong lemon | 1270 | 256 | 4 | 128 |
Geraniol | Sweet floral | 1276 | nd | 4 | 512 |
Nerol acetate | Floral | 1284 | nd | 2 | 8 |
2-Undecanone | Floral and fatty | 1298 | nd | 4 | 4 |
Menthyl acetate | Peppermint | 1305 | nd | 8 | nd |
Neryl acetate | Floral | 1354 | nd | 128 | 256 |
cis-isoeugenol | Spice-clove odor | 1366 | nd | 2 | 1024 |
α Ionone | Warm woody | 1398 | nd | 8 | 2 |
Epoxylinalool | Sweet woody | 1402 | nd | 8 | nd |
E-caryophyllene | Spicy, woody and terpenic | 1413 | nd | nd | nd |
β Ionone | Dry, floral–fruity | 1415 | 32 | 2 | 16 |
β-Caryophyllene | Spicy and peppery | 1429 | nd | nd | nd |
Elemene | Herbal | 1445 | nd | 2 | 4 |
α-Humulene | Earthy, woody, and spicy | 1454 | 8 | nd | nd |
(E)-β-Farnesene | Woody type odor | 1456 | nd | 8 | 256 |
Gernylacetone | Faint woody floral | 1458 | nd | 64 | 64 |
Caryophyllene oxide | Sweet fruity | 1465 | nd | nd | nd |
Germacrene D | Woody spice | 1490 | 4 | 32 | 2 |
Dihydroactinidiolide | Roasted | 1491 | nd | 16 | 32 |
Bicyclogermacrene | Green woody weedy | 1494 | nd | nd | nd |
β-Bisabolene | Herbal type | 1507 | nd | nd | nd |
Cyclopentene | Spicy | 1509 | nd | nd | nd |
Geranyl buytrate | Fruity | 1547 | nd | 512 | nd |
Nerolidol | Floral green | 1562 | nd | 16 | 16 |
δ-Cadinene | Thyme herbal woody | 1574 | nd | 64 | 16 |
α-Cadinol | Herb wood | 1653 | nd | nd | nd |
Heptadecene | Hydrocarbon-like | 1800 | nd | nd | 64 |
Hexadecanal | Green fatty grassy | 1832 | nd | nd | 256 |
Isopropyl myristate | Faint oily fatty | 1847 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
Nonadecane | Hydrocarbon-like | 1904 | 8 | nd | 32 |
Tricosane | Waxy | 1920 | 16 | 256 | nd |
Palmitic acid | Waxy | 1968 | nd | 2 | 4 |
Oleic acid | Fresh cut grass-like | 2091 | nd | nd | nd |
Phytol | Floral green | 2105 | nd | 4 | 8 |
Linoleic acid | Green | 2159 | nd | 4 | 1024 |
Eicosane | Hydrocarbon-like | 2188 | 4 | 512 | 8 |
9-Tricosene | Fatty waxy | 2276 | nd | nd | 2 |
Hexadecane | Weak waxy | 2321 | 64 | 4 | 16 |
1-Heneicosanol | Pungent, etherial, fuel oil, fruity and alcoholic, sweet | 2345 | nd | nd | 16 |
2-Tridecanone | Slightly spicy | 2546 | 64 | nd | 2 |