Research Article

Volatile Composition and Enantioselective Analysis of Chiral Terpenoids of Nine Fruit and Vegetable Fibres Resulting from Juice Industry By-Products

Table 2

Average relative percentage of volatile compounds present and their distribution ranges in different production batches (in parenthesis) of apple, pear, peach, and carrot fibres, as determined by HS-SPME-GC-MS analysis.

LRI (exp.)LRI (ref.)Apple fibrePear fibrePeach fibreCarrot fibre
Mean Mean Mean Mean

Hydrocarbons
2,4-Dimethyl-1-heptene2.1 (0.9–4.4)0.1 (traces–0.3)
4-Methyl octane0.5 (traces–1.3)3.0

Subtotal2.60.10.03.0

Aldehydes
Hexanal19.7 (9.2–27.7)7.4 (5.2–9.0)17.4 (10.6–21.3)20.3
Furfural2.6 (1.8–3.4)15.2 (9.0–21.1)43.2 (38.8–43.3)1.6
Heptanal9029051.3 (1.0–1.7)0.7 (0.5–0.9)1.4 (0.5–1.7)2.6
(E)-2-heptenal95995714.9 (12.1–20.2)3.9 (1.5–6.4)2.6 (1.8–4.1)3.6
Benzaldehyde96396115.6 (11.6–22.4)3.6 (0.9–6.3)2.5 (traces–3.6)1.3
Pentylfuran993996Traces
Octanal100410011.7 (1.0–3.3)2.0 (1.34–2.41)
Nonanal110611031.7 (1.2–2.2)2.6 (traces–4.1)3.0
Decanal120712050.4

Subtotal57.532.869.732.8

Ketones
1-Octen-3-one9809806.3 (3.9–9.2)3.1 (0.9–4.4)1.7 (1.0–3.0)4.7
2-Methyl-3-octanone9869850.7 (traces–1.8)
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one9899855.3 (2.7–7.7)2.7 (1.9–3.7)3.7 (2.50–4.8)3.0
2,2,6-Trimethylcyclohexanone103710366.5
3,4,4-Trimethylcyclohexen-1-one10821.9

Subtotal 11.65.86.116.1

Ethers
Butyl ether0.7 (0.4–1.0)1.0 (0.4–1.4)1.6 (traces–2.2)1.8
Esters
Butyl acetate3.8 (2.9–6.0)
Pentyl acetate9179161.1 (0.9–1.2)
Butyl isobutyrate95695412.1 (9.5–16.6)0.9
Hexyl acetate101710161.5 (0.5–2.7)49.1 (40.4–61.2)
Hexyl 2-methylbutanoate124412390.6 (0.2–1.1)
Butyl benzoate137813761.3 (1.1–2.0)4.2
Hexyl hexanoate139113860.8 (0.3–2.7)

Subtotal 16.354.0Traces5.1

Alcohols
1-Hexanol1.2 (0.8–1.7)
(E)-2-Cyclohexen-1-ol109710970.9
2,6-Dimethyl cyclohexanol111011140.4

Subtotal Traces1.2Traces1.3

Terpenoids
α-Pinene9379390.2 (traces–0.5)0.2 (traces–0.6)1.2
β-Pinene9789801.2 (0.6–2.3)
Myrcene9969910.6
α-Phellandrene100510053.2 (1.8–6.1)
p-Cymene102710261.1 (0.3–2.0)2.7
Limonene103110313.1 (0.9–3.2)6.1 (1.9–17.8)
γ-Terpinene106210625.6 (4.0–8.9)2.2 (0.4–3.4)
α-Terpinolene108610881.3
Linalool110010980.9 (0.5–2.0)
cis-β-Terpineol114711440.2 (0.1–0.3)
4-Terpineol117811770.4 (traces–1.3)
α-Terpineol119111891.5 (0.8–2.0)1.5 (1.0–1.9)6.6 (4.1–9.5)1.0
β-Cyclocitral122312223.5
Neryl acetate137113681.1 (0.6–1.5)
(E)-β-Caryophyllene142014181.9
α-Ionone142814268.1
Geranyl acetone145414552.5
β-Ionone148814859.8
Valencene149314910.4 (0.1–0.5)0.2 (traces–0.5)
-Farnesene151115080.4 (0.2–0.8)0.2 (0.2–0.3)
7-epi-α-Selinene151615170.4 (traces–2.1)
γ-Bisabolene153415332.7

Total (%)11.42.922.435.3
Total normalised area5.6

The term “traces” indicates area percentage < 0.05%.