title: Volatile composition of some Brazilian fruits: umbu-caja (Spondias citherea), camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), Araça-boi (Eugenia stipitata), and Cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum).
abstract: Twenty-one volatile compounds were identified for the first time by GC-MS in umbu-caja and in camu-camu, plus 30 volatile compounds were identified in araça-boi samples. Terpenic compounds predominated among the volatile compounds in these fruit samples, with the major compounds being identified as cis-beta-ocimene and caryophyllene in the northeastern fruit; alpha-pinene and d-limonene were the most abundant volatile compounds in the headspace of the Amazonian fruit camu-camu. Sesquiterpenes were the most abundant compounds in the araça-boi sample, with germacrene D presenting a higher relative percentage. The chemical class of esters predominated in the cupuaçu sample. Ethyl butyrate and hexanoate were the major compounds in the headspace of this Amazonian fruit.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, UNICAMP, Campinas-SP, CP 6121, CEP 13081-970, Brazil. franco@fea.unicamp.br
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibamoto
mesh_terms: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001938:Brazil; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D000077222:Limonene; D039821:Monoterpenes; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis*; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane; D013729:Terpenes; D000077222:Limonene; C024714:caryophyllene; C005451:alpha-pinene; C027259:germacrene D