Title: | Higher Straight-Chain Aliphatic Aldehydes: Importance as Odor-Active Volatiles in Human Foods and Issues for Future Research |
Address: | "Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture , Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho , Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5118 (Electronic) 0021-8561 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Owing to their apparent lack of health significance, higher straight-chain aliphatic aldehydes, i.e., those having alkyl chains with more than six carbon atoms, have been largely neglected in food and nutraceutical research. However, they are an important class of odor-active volatiles in human foods. Indeed, certain aldehydes, such as hexanal, E-2-nonenal, and E, E-2,4-decadienal, serve as key odorants in a range of our foods and drinks. This perspective describes the significance of higher straight-chain aliphatic aldehydes as food odorants, focusing on several representative ones, and raises the issues regarding these aldehydes to be addressed in the future" |
Keywords: | Aldehydes/*chemistry Animals Flavoring Agents/*chemistry Food Analysis Humans Odorants/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry higher straight-chain aliphatic aldehyde human diet key food odorants mechanisms of generation odor characteristic olfac; |
Notes: | "MedlineTsuzuki, Satoshi eng Review 2019/04/05 J Agric Food Chem. 2019 May 1; 67(17):4720-4725. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b01131. Epub 2019 Apr 17" |