Changes in volatile compounds of pickled mustard tuber (Brassica juncea var. tsatsai) during the pickling process |
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Authors: | Ming-Chun Liu Zheng-Guo Li Wei Deng Guo-Ming Wang & Ying-Wu Yang |
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Affiliation: | Genetic Engineering Research Centre, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; Key Laboratory of Functional Gene and Regulation Technologies under Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, Chongqing 400030, China |
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Abstract: | This study was carried out to determine the changes of volatile compounds composition during pickled mustard tuber production. The samples were collected at different pickling stages from the traditional industry production way in Chongqing, China. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry were performed after simultaneous distillation and extraction. The results showed that ITC (isothiocyanates) possessed the highest relative percentage area (RPA) 78.87%, followed by sulphide compounds with RPA of 14.48%. Main volatile compounds that determined were allyl ITC, dimethyl trisulphide, (2-isothiocyanatoethyl)-benzene, n-Hexadecanoic acid and linolenic acid ethyl ester, which were responsible for the hot and pungent flavour of pickled mustard tuber. The sulphides, acids, aldehydes, alcohols, phenols, esters, nitriles and heterocyclic compounds increase with pickling time but ITC increase at the first and second pickling stage, then start to decrease in the last pickling stage. It was also demonstrated that more than 60-day pickling time was necessary for the formation of the typical aroma notes. |
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Keywords: | Fermentation gas chromatography–mass spectrometry pickled mustard tuber pickling process simultaneous distillation and extraction volatile compounds |
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