Abstracts
The profile of volatile compounds of yellow passion fruit juice was analyzed by solid phase microextraction headspace (HS-SPME) and optimized static headspace (S-HS) extraction techniques. Time, temperature, NaCl concentration and sample volume headspace equilibrium parameters was adjusted to the S-HS technique. The gaseous phase in the headspace of samples was collected and injected into a gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer. In the HS-SPME technique was identified 44 volatile compounds from the yellow passion fruit juice, but with S-HS only 30 compounds were identified. Volatile esters were majority in both techniques, being identified ethyl butanoate, ethyl hexanoate, (3z)-3-hexenyl acetate, hexyl acetate, hexyl butanoate and hexyl hexanoate. Aldehydes and ketones were not identified in S-HS, but were in HS-SPME. β-Pinene, p-cymene, limonene, (Z)-β-ocimene, (E)-β-ocimene, γ-terpinene, α-terpinolene and (E) -4,8-dimethyl-1, 3,7 - nonatriene terpenes were identified in both techniques. This study showed that the S-HS optimized extraction technique was effective to recovery high concentrations of the major volatile characteristics compounds in the passion fruit, such as ethyl butanoate and ethyl hexanoate, which can be advantageous due to the simplicity of the method.
O perfil de compostos voláteis do suco de maracujá-amarelo foi analisado pelas técnicas de extração microextração em fase sólida (SPME-HS) e headspace estático (S-HS). Os parâmetros de equilíbrio do headspace tempo, temperatura, concentração de NaCl e volume da amostra foram ajustados para a técnica S-HS. Em ambas as técnicas de extração, a fase gasosa no headspace das amostras foi recolhida e injetada em cromatógrafo gasoso acoplado a espectrômetro de massas. Na técnica SPME-HS, foram identificados 44 compostosvoláteis no suco do maracujá-amarelo e, em S-HS, foram identificados 30 compostos. Ésteres voláteis foram majoritários em ambas as técnicas, sendo identificados butanoato de etila, hexanoato de etila, (3z)-3-hexenil acetato, hexil acetato, hexil butanoatoe hexil hexanoato. Aldeídos e cetonas não foram identificados com a técnica S-HS. Os terpenos β-pineno, p-cimeno, limoneno, (Z)-β-ocimeno, (E)-β-ocimeno, γ-terpineno, α-terpinoleno e (E)-4,8-dimetil-1,3,7-nonatrieno foram identificados em ambas as tιcnicas.. Este estudo mostrou que a técnica de extração otimizada S-HS foi eficaz para a recuperação de altas concentrações dos principais compostos voláteis característicos do maracujá, como o butanoato de etila e o hexanoate deetila, o que é vantajoso, devido à simplicidade do método.
Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa Deg.; CG/EM; SPME; HS; perfil de aromas.
INTRODUCTION:
The yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa
Deg.) is the most widely cultivated Passiflora species in Brazil and much
appreciated by the intense aroma and taste of its juice. The chemical composition of
yellow passion fruit juice is characterized by the presence of volatile and non-volatile
substances, which define their sensory and nutritional attributes. In the case of
volatile compounds, they interfere directly with the sensory quality of the fruit and
its processed products (PONTES et al., 2009PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
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). The
juice of yellow passion fruit has an "ester" floral aroma with exotic tropical
characteristic of sulfurous note (CARASEK &
PAWLISZYN, 2006CARASEK, E.; PAWLISZYN, J. Screening of tropical fruit volatile
compounds using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) fibers and internally cooled SPME
fiber., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.54, p.8688-8696, 2006.
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). Notably, volatiles aroma of fruits are composed of a complex
group of chemical substances, such as aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, esters, lactones and
terpenes (JORDÁN et al., 2002JORDÁN, M.J. et al. Characterization of the aromatic profile in aqueous
essence and fruit juice of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims F. Flavicarpa
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). However, terpenes
and esters are more related to the aroma of passion fruit juice (MACORIS et al., 2011MACORIS, M.S. et al. Volatile compounds from organic and conventional
passion fruit (Passiflora edulis F. Flavicarpa) pulp. Ciência e Tecnologia de
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). Additionally, the major volatile compounds
identified in yellow passion fruit juice belong to the methyl and ethyl esters (WERKHOFF et al., 1998WERKHOFF, P. et al. Vacuum headspace method in aroma research: Flavor
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; CARASEK & PAWLISZYN, 2006CARASEK, E.; PAWLISZYN, J. Screening of tropical fruit volatile
compounds using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) fibers and internally cooled SPME
fiber., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.54, p.8688-8696, 2006.
Disponível em: <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0613942>. Acesso em 20
nov. 2012. Doi 10.1021/jf0613942.
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). The levels of individual
volatile compounds related to the aroma profile in food matrix are largely influenced by
the extraction technique of the volatile fraction used in gas chromatograph analysis
(BICCHI et al., 2008BICCHI C. et al. Headspace sampling of the volatile fraction of
vegetable matrices. Journal of Chromatography A, v.1184, p.220-233, 2008. Disponível
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). Headspace sampling
techniques are widely used for providing volatile profiles near the profiles experienced
by humans. Based on the collection of the volatile compounds in the gaseous phase above,
a sample under defined conditions is dependent on the volatility of the aromatic
compounds (GUTH & GROSCH, 1993GUTH, H.; GROSCH, W. Identification of potent odourants in static
headspace samples of green and black tea powders on the basis of aroma extract
dilution analysis (AEDA). Flavour and Fragrance Journal, v.8, p.173-178, 1993.
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17 out. 2012. Doi 10.1002/ffj.2730080402.
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). Among
the headspace techniques currently used for the extraction of aromatic volatiles,
solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) has been applied for isolation of volatile
compounds from fruits (BARBONI et al., 2009BARBONI, T. et al. Volatile composition of hybrids Citrus juices by
headspace solid-phase micro extraction/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Food
Chemistry, v.116, p.382-390, 2009. Disponível em:
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;
PONTES et al., 2009PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
p.1-11, 2009. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010>.
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by spme-gc/iontrap mass spectrometry. Desalination, v.250, p.1113-1117, 2010.
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, ALVAREZ et al.,
2012ALVAREZ, R. et al. Citrus juice extraction systems: effect on chemical
composition andantioxidant activity of clementine juice. Journal of Agricultural and
Food Chemistry, v.60, p.774-781, 2012. Disponível em:
<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf203353h>. Acesso em: 15 fev. 2013. Doi
10.1021/jf203353h.
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). This technique is based on a dynamic process of adsorption of volatiles
on the vapor phase in the sample headspace in a silica fiber coated with an adsorbent
polymer and has high sensitivity in the volatiles extraction with a wide range of
polarity (BICCHI et al. 2008BICCHI C. et al. Headspace sampling of the volatile fraction of
vegetable matrices. Journal of Chromatography A, v.1184, p.220-233, 2008. Disponível
em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2007.06.019>. Acesso em: 24 mar. 2013.
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).In the static
headspace sampling techniques (S-HS), the equilibrium between the sample and the
headspace gas phase must be reached, and a gaseous fraction of the headspace is
collected directly for analysis by gas chromatograph (SNOW & SLACK, 2002SNOW, N.H.; SLACK, G.C. Head-space analysis in modern gas
chromatography. Trends in, Analytical Chemistry v.21, p.608-617, 2002. Disponível em:
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-9936(02)00802-6>. Acesso em 16 out. 2012. Doi
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2008WANG, Y. et al. Recent advances in headspace gas chromatography. Journal
of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, v.31, p.1823-1851, 2008.
Disponível em:
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). The S-HS technique is simpler and faster and has been used in
comparative analysis of the flavor profile of vegetable matrices (MILLER & STUART, 1999MILLER, M.E.; STUART, J.D. Comparison of gas-sampled and spme-sampled
static headspace for the determination of volatile flavor components. Analytical
Chemistry, v.71, p.23-27, 1999. Disponível em:
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of important aroma compounds in black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) juice, using nasal
impact frequency profiling., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.52,
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<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf035133t>. Acesso em 15 out. 2012. Doi
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2006BYLAITE, E.; MEYER, A.S. Characterization of volatile aroma compounds of
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). However, S-HS
has not yet been used in the analysis of yellow passion fruit juice volatiles. The S-HS
procedure is free of solvents, demands little sample handling, and can be automated, but
its sensitivity is considered low compared to SPME, being indicated for the analysis of
compounds whose boiling points are low (MESTRES et al.,
2002MESTRES, M. et al. Application of headspace solid-phase microextraction
to the determination of sulphur compounds with low volatility in wines., Journal of
Chromatography A v.945, n.1-2, p.211-219, 2002. Disponível em:
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10.1016/S0021-9673(01)01521-7.
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). Nevertheless, the S-HS sensitivity can be increased by salt addition,
pH control or increasing the equilibrium temperature during sample heating (B'HYMER, 2003B'HYMER, C. Residual solvent testing: a review of gas-chromatographic
and alternative techniques. Pharmaceutical research, v.20, p.337-344, 2003.
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), which can improve the recovery of
major volatile compounds of the aroma of passion fruit, such as esters and terpenes.
Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the profile of volatile compounds of
the yellow passion fruit juice through the headspace solid-phase microextraction
(HS-SPME) and optimized static headspace (S-HS) extraction techniques.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Yellow passion fruits were harvested in April 2011 in an orchard in Piracicaba, São
Paulo State, Brazil, located at 22º43'31'' south latitude and 47º38'57'' west longitude.
Fruits were selected on the yellow-ripe physiological stage, healthy and without
physical defects. For assays, 15 fruits were chosen with lengths between 8 and 10cm. A
cross section was made in each fruit to extract the pulp (juice and seed). The juice was
separated from the seed by drainage through a plastic sieve and then was frozen and
stored at -24°C until the time of analysis. The frozen juice samples were first thawed
in water bath at 25°C for analyses on HS-SPME and S-HS. The extractions were performed
without pH adjustment. All analyzes were performed in triplicate. For the extraction in
HS-SPME, the equilibrium parameters were established according to PONTES et al. (2009)PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
p.1-11, 2009. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010>.
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with modifications. In a 20mL flask 0.2mL
aliquot of juice sample was diluted with 1.0mL Milli-Q water (Millipore Corporation,
Brazil). The solution ionic strength was increased to improve the extraction efficiency
with the addition of 17% NaCl (0.2g, wv-1) in the diluted sample. The vial
was tightly sealed with a screw cap with coupled silicone septum. The fiber used in the
HS-SPME extraction had the coating of polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene (PDMS / DVB,
Supelco Inc., Bellefonte, PA, USA). The fiber was exposed in the sample headspace and
maintained for 20 minutes at 50°C, with the sample in a thermostatic magnetic stirrer at
450rpm. After the extraction procedure by adsorption in the headspace, the fiber was
inserted into the injector of the gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry system for 6
minutes in the splitless mode, where the extracted volatiles were thermally desorbed at
250ºC.
In the S-HS technique the parameters of equilibrium between gas and liquid phases of the
passion fruit sample were adjusted to improve the extraction efficiency with higher
recovery levels and volatile concentration as possible. The time and temperature, sample
volume and the NaCl concentration were considered as equilibrium parameters in the gas
phase of the sample. The NaCl concentration was adjusted by adding 10, 20 and 30%
(wv-1) salt and the control without salt. The NaCl addition in the sample
decreases the solubility of volatile compounds, increasing its volatility in the sample
(PONTES et al., 2009PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
p.1-11, 2009. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010>.
Acesso em 15 out. 2012. Doi 10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010.
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). The optimal salt
concentration was established keeping invariable the conditions of time and equilibrium
temperature in 20 minutes and 70°C. Times of 10, 20 and 30 minutes and temperatures of
50, 60, 70, 80 and 90°C were tested. Above 90°C the sample reached the boiling point and
therefore was chosen as the limit temperature. The choice of best time of equilibrium
was carried out at the temperature of 60ºC. The selection of the binomial time and
temperature of equilibrium was achieved with the addition of the best NaCl concentration
adjusted (w v-1) in the juice sample. The adjusted condition of equilibrium
in the headspace for temperature and time was used for adjusting the sample volume with
2.5, 5.0 and 7.5mL. The heating of the juice sample at all procedures for balance
adjustment in the headspace occurred under constant stirring in a glass flask silalized
(20mL) and hermetically sealed with a screw cap with a coupled silicone septum. The
volume of 1.5mL was collected from the headspace and injected into the gas chromatograph
with Shimadzu automatic injector equipped with heating oven of the sample.
The volatile compounds sampled in S-HS and HS-SPME were analyzed in a gas chromatograph Shimadzu 2010 coupled to a mass spectral detector Shimadzu QP 2010 Plus. The samples were separated in DB5 capillary column (30mx0.25mm x0.25µm, J&W Scientific, Palo Alto, CA). Mass spectra and total ion currents (TIC chromatograms) were obtained by automatic scanning with energy ionization 70 eV, in the mass range m/z 35-500. The temperature ramp began at 40°C maintained for 4.0min, then 150°C at 3.0°C min-1 and 250ºC at 15ºC min-1 maintained for 2.0 min. Helium was used as carrier gas at linear velocity of 36.1cm s-1. Kovats indices of linear retention (KI) of the chromatographic peaks obtained were determined experimentally based on the retention time of a homologous n-alkanes series (C6-C18).
Peaks were tentatively identified based on: I) comparison of fragmentation patterns using the mass spectral database of the library Wiley8 of the GCMSsolution Software identification system (Mass Spectrometer Systems - Shimadzu) II) by comparing the Kovats retention indices (KI) obtained experimentally with theoretical ratios obtained from the literature. The compounds were expressed as relative amounts to the peak areas percentage.
The Analysis of variance was used to check for significant differences in tests of headspace balance adjustment and among the methods of volatiles extraction. The significance level P<0.05 was considered. The statistical package SAEG (UFV - Viçosa, MG, Brazil) was used.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:
HS-SPME and S-HS are are simple, rapid, solvent-free extraction techniques and can help
to analyze the volatile profile of vegetable matrices that have intense aroma to human
scent, as the case of the yellow passion fruit juice. The temperature is a key parameter
in the extraction yield and, with time, have a significant effect on the balance of the
gas phase in the sample headspace, since they determine the vapor pressure of volatiles
(CARASEK & PAWLISZYN, 2006CARASEK, E.; PAWLISZYN, J. Screening of tropical fruit volatile
compounds using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) fibers and internally cooled SPME
fiber., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.54, p.8688-8696, 2006.
Disponível em: <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0613942>. Acesso em 20
nov. 2012. Doi 10.1021/jf0613942.
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), and for
this reason, adjustments were made. In addition, the NaCl concentration and volume of
juice samples were also adjusted. The results of these assays are shown in figure 1.
There were significant increases (P<0.05) in total area of peaks with increasing
equilibrium time in the range of 10 to 30min (Figure
1a), but between 20 and 30 min there were no significant differences among
peak areas. Thus, the time of 20 min was selected because it was the shortest not
significant contrast time. While adjusting the equilibrium temperature, the extraction
time of 20min was maintained constant at all temperatures tested. According to figure
1b, increases in peak area values show that the extraction efficiency increased
significantly (P<0.01) with increasing equilibrium temperature and the maximum
extraction efficiency was achieved at 90°C. Preliminary analysis of the chromatographic
peaks for the sample at 50, 60 and 90°C (not reported) showed no degradation of the
volatiles in the sampling conditions at 90°C for 20 minutes.
:Total GC peak areas of yellow passion fruit juice (P. edulis f. Flavicarpa Deg.) volatiles extracted by static headspace (S-HS) for the parameters time (a), temperature (b), NaCl concentration (c, treatments non-statistically significant) and sample volume (d) at the headspace equilibrium. Vertical bars mean standard deviation (n=3). Same letters do not differ at P<0.05.
No significant differences were found for the results of the total area when different
NaCl concentrations were tested in the yellow passion fruit juice (Figure 1c), showing that the use of salt (NaCl) is not recommended
in whole juice samples of yellow passion fruit by adding no increase efficiency in the
extraction of volatiles in the S-HS technique. The NaCl addition in the sample aims to
improve the extraction efficiency by increasing the ionic strength and decrease the
solubility of volatile compounds soluble in the aqueous phase (PONTES et al., 2009PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
p.1-11, 2009. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010>.
Acesso em 15 out. 2012. Doi 10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010.
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). Probably, there was no effect of salt
addition, since the ionic strength in the juice sample should be sufficiently high,
justifying the high volatility of the volatile compounds of the yellow passion fruit.
According to figure 1d, increasing the volume of juice influenced in significant
increases (P<0.01) in the total area values of volatiles peaks, showing that the most
efficient extraction of volatiles was achieved in 7.5mL juice sample and therefore, it
was the chosen volume. Thus, the adjusted conditions of headspace equilibrium in the
volatiles extraction in the S-HS technique were 90°C for 20min, 7.5mL sample volume for
the juice without NaCl addition.
The results of yellow passion fruit volatile profiles obtained through S-HS and HS-SPME extraction techniques are shown in table 1. Kovats retention linear indices (KI) were calculated for each peak and, when evaluable, they were compared with the reference literatures in order to ensure the compounds identification. The percentage of total area for the S-HS and HS-SPME extraction techniques were 96.85±1.59% and 93.58±1.25%, respectively. The differences in the total percentages (100%) represent the peak areas of the volatiles that have not had their identity confirmed by comparisons of mass spectra and Kovats linear retention indices (KI).
Among the different types of fibers routinely used for sampling of volatiles, which have
a range of polarities and different mechanisms of selectivity, the PDMS/DVB fiber
(polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene) was used in this study and the conditions of
headspace equilibrium in the extraction with the fiber had been pre-established. The
equilibrium conditions were extraction temperature of 50°C, extraction time of 20min,
stirring at 450rpm and the addition of 17% NaCl(w v-1). In a comparative
study between five types of fibers it was observed that PDMS/DVB fiber was the most
efficient for volatiles extraction in a sample of purple passion fruit juice (PONTES et al., 2009PONTES, M. et al. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometric methodology for the establishment of the
volatile composition of Passiflora fruit species. Microchemical Journal, v.93,
p.1-11, 2009. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010>.
Acesso em 15 out. 2012. Doi 10.1016/j.microc.2009.03.010.
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). These authors also found a
high affinity of this fiber for ethyl esters, alcohols and terpenes.
According to table 1, analysis of the volatile profile of passion fruit juice (P.
edulis f. Flavicarpa Deg.) in GC/MS by the S-HS and HS-SPME
techniques resulted in 30 and 44 identified volatile compounds, respectively. Esters,
terpenes, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones formed the groups of volatiles identified in
the study of yellow passion fruit and they probably play an important role in the juice
sensory profile (WERKHOFF et al., 1998WERKHOFF, P. et al. Vacuum headspace method in aroma research: Flavor
chemistry of yellow passion fruits., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.46,
p.1076-1093, 1998. Disponível em:
<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf970655s>. Acesso em 22 nov. 2012. Doi
10.1021/jf970655s.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf97...
; MACORIS et al., 2011MACORIS, M.S. et al. Volatile compounds from organic and conventional
passion fruit (Passiflora edulis F. Flavicarpa) pulp. Ciência e Tecnologia de
Alimentos, v.31, n.2, p.430-435, 2011. Disponível em:
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-20612011000200023>. Acesso em 20 nov. 2012.
Doi 10.1590/S0101-20612011000200023.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-20612011...
). In the HS-SPME technique
recovery of volatiles was more efficient with the identification of 24 esters, 8
terpenes, 6 alcohols, 3 aldehydes, 2 ketones and one acid, while in S-HS extraction were
identified 19 esters, 8 terpenes and 3 alcohols, not being identified in this extraction
procedure the volatiles ketone and aldehyde groups. Among the esters identified in both
extraction techniques, ethyl butanoate, ethyl hexanoate, (3z)-3-hexenyl acetate, hexyl
acetate, hexyl butanoate and hexyl hexanoate were the major ones. However, similarities
in area percentage among the esters identified in S-HS and HS-SPME were found only for
(3Z)-3-hexenyl acetate (5.16%±0.10 and 6.23±0.12% respectively), hexyl acetate
(7.96±0.06% and 6:51±0.63%, respectively) and hexyl butanoate (9.75±0.10% and
11.88±0.14% respectively), while the greatest differences were found for ethyl butanoate
(16.86±0.32% and 3.42±0.63% respectively), ethyl hexanoate (21:15±0.29% and 11.11±1.08%,
respectively) and hexyl hexanoate (9.49±0.74% and 17.47±1.33%, respectively).
According to reports in scientific study,volatile esters are the major compounds with
the highest concentration of yellow passion fruit juice(JORDÁN et al.,2002JORDÁN, M.J. et al. Characterization of the aromatic profile in aqueous
essence and fruit juice of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims F. Flavicarpa
Degner) by GC-MS and GC/O., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.50,
p.1523-1528, 2002. Disponível em:
<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf011077p>. Acesso em 12 out. 2012. Doi
10.1021/jf011077p.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf01...
; CARASEK &
PAWLISZYN, 2006CARASEK, E.; PAWLISZYN, J. Screening of tropical fruit volatile
compounds using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) fibers and internally cooled SPME
fiber., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.54, p.8688-8696, 2006.
Disponível em: <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0613942>. Acesso em 20
nov. 2012. Doi 10.1021/jf0613942.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf06...
). In addition,hexyl hexanoate, hexyl butanoate, ethyl
butanoate, (Z)-3-hexenyl hexanoate, (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoate and ethyl hexanoate are the
most abundant compounds found among the volatile fraction of yellow passion fruit juice
(WERKHOFF et al., 1998WERKHOFF, P. et al. Vacuum headspace method in aroma research: Flavor
chemistry of yellow passion fruits., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.46,
p.1076-1093, 1998. Disponível em:
<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf970655s>. Acesso em 22 nov. 2012. Doi
10.1021/jf970655s.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf97...
; BRAT et al., 2000BRAT, P. et al. Free volatile components of passion fruit puree obtained
by flash vacuum-expansion., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.48,
p.6210-6214, 2000. Disponível em:
<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf000645i>. Acesso em: 24 mar. 2013. Doi
10.1021/jf000645i.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00...
). In the present study, these compounds were
identified in the two extraction techniques. Using dynamic headspace MACORIS et al. (2011)MACORIS, M.S. et al. Volatile compounds from organic and conventional
passion fruit (Passiflora edulis F. Flavicarpa) pulp. Ciência e Tecnologia de
Alimentos, v.31, n.2, p.430-435, 2011. Disponível em:
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-20612011000200023>. Acesso em 20 nov. 2012.
Doi 10.1590/S0101-20612011000200023.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-20612011...
found ethyl butanoate in both
organic and conventional passion fruit pulps produced in Brazil, with 52%and 57% of the
total relative area of the chromatogram, respectively. Meantime, in the present study
this specific compound was found in high concentrations only when the HS technique was
used. However, the esters (Z)-3-hexenyl hexanoate and (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoate showed
significant higher concentrations in HS-SPME extraction with area percentages of 6.48±
0.34% and 3.26±0.05% respectively, while in S-HS were found areas of 1.74±0.19% and
1.62±0.03%, respectively. Only esters butyl acetate and 2-ethyl hexanoate were not
identified in HS-SPME; however, benzyl acetate, ethyl 3-octenoate, hexyl pentanoate,
1-pentyl-2-propenyl butanoate, 4-oxocyclohexyl acetate, and ethyl decanoate ethyl
cinnamate were not identified in the S-HSprocedure.
Studies on volatile profile in Passiflora species with extraction
procedures in HS-SPME (PDMS/DVB) showed 24 volatile compounds in the yellow passion
fruit juice, and the most abundant esters were the methyl hexanoate (32.9%), followed by
(E)-methyl-2-hexenoate (11.7%), methyl benzoate (11.3%), methyl dihydrojasmonate
(6.2%)(PONTES et al., 2009UBEDA, C. et al. Determination of major volatile compounds during the
production of fruit vinegars by static headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
method. Food Research International, v.44, p.259-268, 2011. Disponível em:
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.025>. Acesso em 16 out. 2012. Doi
10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.025.
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). However, no
volatile methyl esters were found in this study (Table
1).
Terpenes simultaneously identified in both extraction methods were β-pinene, ρ-cimene, limonene, (Z)-β-ocimene, (E)-β-ocimene, γ-terpinene, α-terpinolene and (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene. The largest sum of percentages of peak area for terpenes volatile found for the S-HSprocedure with 19.57±1.19%, while in HS-SPME was found 11.94±0.31%.Although with lower total intensity of peaks, terpenoids recovered in S-HS are the same recovered in HS-SPME, showing similarity extraction of terpenes volatile compounds. The similarity in the recovery of terpenes in both extraction techniques shows that these compounds, although not showing the highest concentration, present easily volatile in the fraction of passion fruit juice in comparison with some volatile esters and alcohols, and all aldehydes and ketones which were not identified in the S-HSprocedure. Hexanol, octanol and linalool were the only alcohols extracted and identified simultaneously in S-HS and HS-SPME. Other threealcohols 4-terpineol, (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol and decan-1-ol were identified only in the HS-SPME procedure. In addition to lower extraction efficiency to some esters and alcohols, S-HS procedure was not sensitive to recover volatile ketone and aldehyde groups (Table 1).
CONCLUSION:
This study showed that the S-HS optimized extraction technique was effective to recovery high concentrations of characteristics major volatile compounds in the passion fruit, such as ethyl butanoate and ethyl hexanoate, which can be advantageous due to the simplicity of the method.β-Pinene, p-cymene, limonene, (Z)-β-ocimene, (E)-β-ocimene, γ-terpinene, α-terpinolene and (E) -4,8-dimethyl-1, 3,7 - nonatriene terpenes were identified with the same similarity of recovery in both techniques. This is important, because together these compounds are considered to be the most important for the characteristic passion fruit flavor.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors acknowledge to the Department of Agri-Food Industry, Food and Nutrition/ESALQ/USP for the research infrastructure provided.
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