Sensomics-Assisted Characterization of Fungal-Flowery Aroma Components in Fermented Tea Using Eurotium cristatum

Fermented tea (FT) using a single Eurotium cristatum strain can produce a pleasant fungal-flowery aroma, which is similar to the composite aroma characteristic of minty, flowery, and woody aromas, but its molecular basis is not yet clear. In this study, solvent-assisted flavor evaporation and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/olfactometry were applied to isolate and identify volatiles from the FT by E. cristatum. The application of an aroma extract dilution analysis screened out 43 aroma-active compounds. Quantification revealed that there were 11 odorants with high odor threshold concentrations. Recombination and omission tests revealed that nonanal, methyl salicylate, decanoic acid, 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, α-terpineol, phenylacetaldehyde, and coumarin were the major odorants in the FT. Addition tests further verified that methyl salicylate, 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, and coumarin were the key odorants for fungal-flowery aroma, each corresponding to minty, woody, and flowery aromas, respectively. 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde and coumarin were newly found odorants for fungal-flowery aroma in FT, and 4-methoxybenzaldehyde had not been reported as a tea volatile compound before. This finding may guide future industrial production optimization of FT with improved flavor.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 71(2023), 48 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 18963-18972

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jixin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Haoran [VerfasserIn]
Zu, Zhongqi [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Jialin [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Ranqin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Pengxiang [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Jingming [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xueling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4-anisaldehyde
9PA5V6656V
Aroma recombination and omission
Coumarins
Eurotium cristatum
Fermented tea
Flavoring Agents
Fungal-flowery aroma
Journal Article
LAV5U5022Y
Methyl salicylate
Solvent-assisted flavor evaporation
Tea
Volatile Organic Compounds

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Date Completed 07.12.2023

Date Revised 07.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05273

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36453916X