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Table 3 Volatile compounds detected in LS cod loins stored at -2°C as influenced by storage time.

From: Bacterial composition and succession during storage of North-Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)at superchilled temperatures

Compound

RI DB-5ms1

Air 2

MAP 2

  

Days of storage

Days of storage

  

2

13

23

13

22

28

TMA

< 200

-

8.6

210.7

8.4

96.6

76.2

acetic acid

213

-

0.7

3.5

-

4.3

4.5

2-butanone

214

-

-

-

1.3

-

-

ethyl acetate

221

-

-

79.3

-

-

0.5

2-methyl-1-propanol

229

-

-

12.4

-

5.2

6.4

3-methyl-butanal

246

-

0.3

0.9

-

-

1.3

1-penten-3-ol

263

-

-

1.2

-

2.3

1.8

3-pentanone

271

-

-

2.4

6.8

-

-

S-methyl ester ethanethioic acid

279

-

-

1.7

-

-

-

3-hydroxy-2-butanone

288

-

7.3

47.7

12.8

48.2

58.8

3-methyl-1-butanol

309

0.1

2.3

30.6

1.2

7.4

11.9

2, 3-butanediol

366

-

-

0.5

-

-

 

Hexanal

394

-

-

-

-

0.8

0.8

Nonanal

705

1.4

0.3

-

2.3

-

1.8

Decanal

809

0.6

-

1.4

-

1.4

0.9

  1. 1Calculated ethyl ester retention index (RI) on DB-5ms capillary column
  2. 2Expressed as PAR (peak area ratio) as determined by GC-MS.