| Compound name | Sensory threshold (ug/kg) [21] [23] [24] [25] [26] | ROAV | Fragrance Description [21] [23] [27] [28] |
Alcohols | 3-Methyl-1-butanol | 300.00 | 0.26 | Nutty, herbaceous |
Hexanol | 500.00 | 0.05 | Green, grassy, fatty | |
1-Octen-3-ol | 1.00 | 66.03 | Mushroom, earthy | |
Octanol | 190.00 | 0.07 | Earthy, metallic | |
Nonanol | 50.00 | 0.14 | Chamomile, flowery, musty | |
Phenylethanol | 86.00 | 1.68 | Honey, rose, lilac, spicy | |
Aldehydes | Butanal | 5.26 | 0.23 | Special |
Pentanal | 27.00 | 0.34 | Irritant | |
Hexanal | 4.50 | 18.18 | Green, fresh | |
Heptanal | 3.00 | 12.09 | Green | |
Nonanal | 1.00 | 100 | Green, citrus-like | |
(E)-2-octenal | 3.00 | 2.45 | Gramineous, fatty | |
3-Methyl-1-butanal | 1.10 | 21.88 | Malt | |
Benzaldehyde | 3.00 | 1.41 | Bitter almonds, cherries nuts | |
(E)-2-nonenal | 0. 08 | 28.46 | Fatty, tallow | |
(E, E) -2,4-heptadienal | 10.00 | 1.04 | Fatty, hay, fishy odor | |
(E)-2-decenal | 0.4 | 3.25 | Wax, fat and mushroom | |
Phenylacetaldehyde | 4.00 | 8.54 | Floral | |
(E,E)- 2,4-decadienal | 0.2 | 21.14 | Fatty, waxy | |
Tetradecanal | 5.00 | 21.38 | Fishy smell | |
Ketones | 2,3-Butanedione | 5.00 | 6.40 | Fishy smell |
2,3-Octanedione | 2.52 | 19.56 | Creamy, caramel, butter scotch | |
3- Hydroxy-2-butanone | 800.00 | 0.18 | Milky, fatty | |
Hydrocarbons | Alpha-pinene | 6.00 | 10.84 | Turpentine |
Esters | Ethyl acetate | 5.00 | 0.54 | Fruity, buttery, orange |
Heterocycles | 2-Pentyfuran | 6.00 | 1.58 | Bean, grass |