Research Article

Effects of Pretreatment and Drying on the Volatile Compounds of Sliced Solar-Dried Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) Rhizome

Table 1

Major volatile compounds detected in pretreated sliced fresh yellow ginger rhizome.

Retention time (min)Compound nameFraction (%)
Potassium metabisulfite concentrationBlanching temperature
Control0.10%0.15%1%0.20%50°C100°C

8.69α-Pinene1.346
8.98Camphene0.0082.6442.1391.7865.1780.029
10.85α-(E)-Sabinene hydrate0.0154.1363.4173.7066.1960.0500.099
15.16Neral1.351
15.18cis-Z-α-bisabolene epoxide1.235
15.192,6-Octadienal, 3,7-dimethyl (Z)0.032
15.73Geranial0.0082.6472.2313.1560.0370.052
15.74Dill-apiole2.298
21.99α-Curcumene0.0144.19232.9204.29416.8270.4880.665
22.18Germacrene D2.3010.0300.051
22.22α-Cubebene0.0152.6003.519
22.61α-Zingiberene32.98313.935
22.62Dihydro-α-curcumene99.76833.9435.71897.898
22.87α-Farnesene0.04012.14911.1030.1540.266
23.03α-Bisabolene0.0405.8858.08910.68698.821
23.07α-Bisabolene7.648
23.20(+)-Epibicyclosesquiphellandrene0.983
23.48δ-Carene15.441
23.52α-Cedrene0.04615.6144.17116.21321.5430.2010.159
24.75γ-Gurjunene0.0060.9450.723
26.17Zingerone0.037