## 3 Results and Discussion
### Volatile Composition and Sensory Analyses
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Code**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Compound**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**RI**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**RI**} & \multicolumn{8}{c}{**RI**} & \multicolumn{8}{c}{**Volatile compounds (mg kg\({}^{-1}\)) \({}^{a}\)**} \\  & & **(Lit.)** * & **(Exp.)** & **324** & **324 AT** & **981** & **981 AT** & **618** & **618 AT** & **612** & **612 AT** & **707** & **707 AT** \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Alcohols_} \\ \hline A1 & 2-Butanol & 605 & 608 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.004 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A2 & 1-Pentanol & 746 & 759 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.037 & 0.030 & 0.002 & 0.002 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A3 & 3-Hexen-1-ol v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 860 & 859 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.065 & n.d. & 0.047 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A4 & 4-Methyl-1-pentanol & 872 & 860 & n.d. & 0.007 & 0.050 & 0.044 & 0.024 & 0.020 & n.d. & 0.005 & 0.028 & 0.028 \\ A5 & 3-Octanol v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 997 & 990 & 0.005 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A6 & 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol & 1030 & 1032 & 0.067 & 0.029 & 0.027 & 0.035 & 0.051 & 0.040 & 0.040 & 0.032 & 0.044 & 0.028 \\ A7 & Linalo & 1101 & 1098 & 0.015 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.024 & 0.034 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A8 & Virridifford \({}^{\ddagger}\) & 1617 & 1569 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.042 & 0.019 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Aldehydes_} \\ \hline A9 & 2-Pentenal & 750 & 721 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.004 & 0.003 & n.d. & n.d. \\ A10 & 2-Methyl-2-butenal & 750 & 741 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.007 & 0.003 & n.d. & n.d. \\ A11 & 3-Hexenal v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 800 & 800 & n.d. & 0.007 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.016 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A12 & Hexanal v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 802 & 802 & n.d. & 0.060 & n.d. & 0.047 & 0.008 & 0.053 & n.d. & 0.034 & n.d. & 0.089 \\ A13 & 2-Hexenal v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 860 & 865 & 0.006 & 0.193 & n.d. & 0.213 & n.d. & 0.197 & n.d. & 0.100 & 0.116 & 0.219 \\ A14 & Octanal v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 1005 & 1001 & 0.007 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.006 & 0.006 & 0.003 & 0.004 & n.d. & n.d. \\ A15 & Nonanal v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 1108 & 1108 & 0.017 & 0.014 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.011 & 0.018 & 0.012 & 0.019 & n.d. & 0.010 \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Total_} \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Kotones_} \\ \hline A16 & 3-Methyl-2-pentanone & 751 & 750 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.007 & 0.006 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A17 & 2-Methyl-2-hepten-6-one v\({}^{\text{v}}\) & 987 & 986 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A18 & \(\beta\)-Damascenone & 1400 & 1384 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.008 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ A19 & \(\beta\)-Ionone & 1499 & 1503 & n.d. & n.d. & 0.026 & 0.008 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Total_} \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{_Acids_} \\ \hline A20 & Acetic acid \({}^{\dagger}\) & 602 & 600 & 0.014 & 0.003 & n.d. & 0.010 & 0.029 & 0.012 & 0.134 & 0.237 & 0.013 & 0.006 \\ A21 & 4-Butoxy butanoic acid \({}^{\ddagger}\) & 856 & 856 & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & 0.038 \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{Total} \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{* Values are mean of 3 replications. * [30]. v\({}^{\text{v}}\) Aroma compounds found in fresh pomergnate juices [11, 27, 29]. \({}^{\dagger}\) Semi-quantification} \\ \multicolumn{11}{c}{relative to the internal standard concentration. \({}^{\ddagger}\) Tentatively identified: only mass spectral data (retention index, RI, was not found in the literature [30]), the experimental RI differs in more than 20 units from the literature RI, or no standard was available. Standard error was \(\textless\)0.01 for all mean values.} \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Aromatic volatile compounds found in pomergnate juices.