FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 169-172.

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The Volatile Components in Outer and Inner Peel of Citrus Grandis by GC-MS

 CHEN  Wei-Dong, ZHANG  You-Sheng, XIAO  Geng-Sheng, LIU  Zi-Fang   

  1. The Sericulture and Farm Product Research Processing Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Lab of Guangdong for Deep Processing of Fruit and Vegetable
  • Online:2005-10-15 Published:2011-09-25

Abstract: The essential oils of Citrus Grandis were extracted from the outer yellow and inner white peel by water vapour distillation. Among the essential oils, 72 and 16 compounds were identified by the gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. There were volatile compounds, mainly limonene, accounted for 84.07% in the outer yellow peel, while there were mainly octadecadienoic acid ,hexadecanoic acid, and ethylene oxide heptamer in the inner white peel.

Key words: citrus grandis, volatile component, outer yellow peel, inner white peel