title: Analysis of volatile components in a Chinese fish sauce, Fuzhou Yulu, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: Volatile components of Fuzhou Yulu, a Chinese fish sauce, were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and two pretreatment methods, i.e., purge and trap (P&T) GC-MS and ethyl acetate extraction followed by GC-MS, were compared. P&T-GC-MS method determined 12 components, including sulfur-containing constituents (such as dimethyl disulfide), nitrogen-containing constituents (such as pyrazine derivatives), aldehydes and ketones. Ethyl acetate extraction followed by GC-MS method detected 10 components, which were mainly volatile organic acids (such as benzenepropanoic acid) and esters. Neither of the two methods detected alcohols or trimethylamine. This study offers an important reference to determine volatile flavor components of traditional fish sauce through modern analysis methods.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. yuanfan@jmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yuan-fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shen-ru
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Xing-qian
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D005285:Fermentation; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D014835:Volatilization