title: Identification and characterization of volatile components of the Japanese sour citrus fruit Citrus nagato-yuzukichi Tanaka.
abstract: A total of 39 aroma compounds were detected in the essential oil of Citrus nagato-yuzukichi Tanaka (nagato-yuzukichi) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The essential oil was characterized by a high percentage of monoterpene hydrocarbons (12 components, 90.52%). The composition pattern of essential oil in C. nagato-yuzukichi was fairly similar to that of Citrus sudachi Hort. ex Shirai (Sudachi). Principal component analysis (PCA) of data obtained with an electronic nose indicated a variation of each oil along PC1. The oils of Citrus junos Tanaka (Yuzu) and Citrus sphaerocarpa Tanaka (Kabosu) showed a clear upward displacement as compared with those of C. nagato-yuzukichi and C. sudachi. However, in PC2, the oils of C. nagato-yuzukichi and C. sudachi showed a displacement in a negative direction and a positive one respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi, Japan. akakabe@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akakabe
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D002957:Citrus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005504:Food Analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007564:Japan; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000032:analysis; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile