Table 4. Key volatile compounds retained from electronic-nose profiling (discrimination power > 0.900) with column assignment (MXT-5 or MXT-1701) and qualitative contribution to group separation in PCA

Column RT (min) Discrimination power Compound Odor description1)
MXT-5 19.54 0.986 butanal chocolate, cocoa, green, musty, pungent
24.01 0.990 2-methyl-1-propanol alcoholic, bitter, chemical, fusel, glue, leek, licorice
34.22 0.997 propanoic acid acidic, soy, vinegar
35.35 0.987 butyl acetate banana, bitter, fruity, green, pear, pineapple
37.81 0.987 propylenglycol alcoholic, caramelized, odorless
50.29 0.997 isoamyl acetate apple, banana, ester, fresh, fruity, pear
MXT-1701 26.30 0.992 ethyl acetate acidic, butter, caramelized, fruity, green, orange, pineapple
27.26 0.994 butan-2-one acetone, butter, cheese, chemical, chocolate, fruity
43.71 0.986 furfural almond, baked, benzaldehyde, bread, fragrant, sweet, sweet, woody
52.10 0.995 ethyl 2-methylbutyrate apple, blackberry, cognac, fruity, green, phenolic
Odor descriptors were adopted from the built-in reference library of the electronic nose system (Astree II, Alpha MOS, Toulouse, France).