JOURNAL 417


Records of Natural Products
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2011 Issue: 3 July-September
PAGES
p.202 - 207
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AUTHORS
    Daniele Fraternale, Donata Ricci, Guido Flamini and Giovanna Giomaro
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GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


ABSTRACT


The volatile composition of different parts (whole fruit, peel and flesh) of a rare wild red apple named “Mela Rossa Val Metauro” was established by SPME (Solid Phase Micro-Extraction) sampling, followed by GC-MS analysis. The most prominent constituent in all the three parts was the sesquiterpene (E,E)-α-farnesene. The presence of the ester ethyl hexanoate particularly in the flesh (39.8%) gives a special exotic flavor to the fruit.

KEYWORDS
  • Apple
  • Malus x domestica Borkh
  • volatiles profile
  • (E
  • E)-α-farnesene
  • ethyl hexanoate.