Determining off-flavor compounds in adlay seeds using HS-SPME-GC/MS and GC-olfactometry
To confirm the substances that make adlay seeds smelly,the volatiles of adlay seeds (Coix lachrymajobi var.ma-yuen Stapf) of three levels of off-flavor seeds were studied.The headspace-solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) method was used in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and GC-olfactometry (GC-O-MS).More than 79 of volatile compounds including 47,43 and 51 volatile compounds were identified to fresh,faint and strong smelly adlay seeds,and the total relative contents of 96.14%,98.68% and 98.00%,respectively.Meanwhile,12 kinds of off-flavor active compounds were detected from strong smelly adlay seed including hexanal,heptanal,2-heptenal,n-octanal,(E)-2-octenal,1-nonanal,(E)-2-nonenal,decanal,2-decenal,hexanoic acid,2-nonanone and 6-undecanone.