title: Identification of characteristic aroma-active compounds from water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica DC.).
abstract: Characteristic aroma components of water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica DC.) were evaluated by aroma extract dilution analysis and solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-olfactometry. Alpha-Terpinolene (plastic/cucumber-like) was the most intense aroma-active compound in water dropwort. Other potent aroma-active compounds included p-cymene (kerosene-like), alpha-terpinene (lemon), (E)-caryophyllene (woody), (Z,E)-alpha-farnesene (woody), hexanal (green), (Z)-3-hexenol (green), phenylacetaldehyde (honey), (E)-2-nonenal (cucumber), bornyl acetate (cooked vegetable), and gamma-terpinene (lemon). Of these, p-cymene was believed to be primarily responsible for the distinct kerosene-like aroma note of water dropwort. The aroma property of p-cymene was dependent on its concentration and was described as kerosene-like at relatively high concentrations but changed to citrus and green aroma notes at low concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Engineering, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Hyung Hee
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis*; D031050:Oenanthe / Q000737:chemistry*; D012903:Smell; D014835:Volatilization