title: Modification of volatile compound profile of virgin olive oil due to hot-water treatment of olive fruit.
abstract: The effect of hot-water treatments of olive fruits before processing on the biosynthesis of virgin olive oil aroma was investigated by quantifying the variation within the major classes of volatile compounds. Data showed that hot-water treatments gave rise to changes in the volatile aroma profile of virgin olive oil from the three olive cultivars under study, Manzanilla, Picual, and Verdial. Different effects by thermal treatments were observed according to cultivar. In general, these changes are mainly due to a decrease in the contents of C(6) aldehydes and C(5) compounds. Contents of C(6) alcohols and esters remained constant or decreased slightly when the temperature of the treatment was increased. Thus, heat treatments seemed to promote a partial deactivation of the lipoxygenase/hydroperoxide lyase enzyme system, whereas other enzymatic activities, within the lipoxygenase pathway, such as alcohol dehydrogenase and alcohol acyltransferase, remained apparently unaffected as a consequence of heat treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Technology of Plant Products, Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, Padre García Tejero 4, 41012 Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luaces
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis*; D031658:Olea / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000201:enzymology; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D014835:Volatilization; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000447:Aldehydes; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D014867:Water; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases; C054540:hydroperoxide lyase