# Consumer Characterization of Wet- and Dry-Aged Mutton Flavor Profile Using Check-All-That-Apply
## 3 Results
### Chemical Analysis Results
#### 3.4.3 Volatile Analysis Results
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**Volatile** & **LRI** & **ID 2** & **QI** & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Wet-Aged**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Dry-Aged**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**t\({}_{\text{c}}\)**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\(p\)-Value**} \\  & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Aldehydes & & & & & & & & & & \\
3\(-\)Methylutanal & 650 & a & 44 & 205,255 & 24,542 & 230,562 & 26,176 & \(-\)1.41 & ns 1  \\ Pentanal & 699 & a & 44 & 707,052 & 142,368 & 1,223,792 & 234,593 & \(-\)3.77 & 0.009 \\ Hexanal & 799 & a & 56 & 922,702 & 98,013 & 3,008,952 & 358,034 & \(-\)11.2 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Heprenal & 899 & a & 70 & 462,093 & 36,295 & 1,396,726 & 190,730 & \(-\)9.63 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (Z) \(-\)4\(-\)Heprenal & 899 & a & 41 & 308,628 & 29,982 & 883,366 & 101,196 & \(-\)10.9 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E)\(-\)2\(-\)heprenal & 959 & b & 83 & 7046 & 704 & 4455 & 338 & 6.63 & 0.001 \\ Octanal & 1003 & a & 43 & 123,278 & 9583 & 488,892 & 694,64 & \(-\)10.4 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E)\(-\)2\(-\)Octenal & 1053 & b & 55 & 1540 & 200 & 1674 & 284 & \(-\)0.77 & ns \\ Nonanal & 1100 & a & 57 & 327,109 & 37,093 & 884,041 & 151,502 & \(-\)7.14 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E)\(-\)2\(-\)3\(-\)Nonanal & 1158 & b & 70 & 2358 & 346 & 4984 & 341 & \(-\)10.82 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E,Z)\(-\)2\(-\)6\(-\)Nonadienal/2,6\(-\)Nonadienal, & 1158 & b & 41 & 1376 & 287 & 3299 & 598 & \(-\)5.80 & 0.001 \\ (E,E)\(-\)2\(-\)10 eanal & 1206 & a & 57 & 2539 & 248 & 10,397 & 1699 & \(-\)9.15 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E)\(-\)2\(-\)Decanal & 1262 & a & 81 & nd  & 1163 & 247 & \(-\)9.01 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Undecanal & 1319 & b & 142 & nd & & 24,501 & 3963 & \(-\)12.3 & \(<\)0.001 \\ (E,E)\(-\)2\(-\)4\(-\)Decadienal & 1320 & b & 67 & 149 & 107 & 1494 & 308 & \(-\)8.25 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Tridecanal & 1510 & a & 67 & nd & & 109 & 64 & \(-\)1.98 & 0.095 \\ \hline Total Aldehydes & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Alcohols & & & & & & & & & \\ \(-\)1\(-\)Hexanol & 869 & a & 43 & 45,159 & 16,798 & 112,736 & 21,868 & \(-\)4.90 & 0.003 \\ \(-\)1\(-\)Heptanol & 971 & a & 70 & 27,582 & 2913 & 89,675 & 18,058 & \(-\)6.79 & \(<\)0.001 \\ \(-\)octen\(-\)3\(-\)ol & 986 & a & 69 & nd & & 3533 & 672 & \(-\)10.4 & \(<\)0.001 \\ \(-\)Ethyl\(-\)1\(-\)hexanol & 1029 & b & 57 & 13,877 & 7552 & 5657 & 641 & 2.17 & 0.073 \\ \(-\)Octanol & 1069 & a & 56 & 14,306 & 1119 & 49,350 & 10,715 & \(-\)6.51 & 0.001 \\ \hline Total Alcohols & & & & & 100,974 & 18,603 & 260,951 & 51,217 & \(-\)5.87 & 0.001 \\ \hline Alkanes & & & & & & & & & \\ Octane & 800 & a & 114 & 67,221 & 4529 & 59,945 & 6922 & 1.76 & ns \\ Nonane & 900 & a & 57 & 223,994 & 50,165 & 740,670 & 101,231 & \(-\)9.15 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Decane & 1000 & a & 57 & 10,014 & 5197 & 33,965 & 14,424 & \(-\)3.12 & 0.02 \\ Unadecane & 1100 & a & 57 & 325,273 & 37,971 & 882,784 & 150,946 & \(-\)7.16 & \(<\)0.001 \\ Dodecane & 1200 & a & 57 & 4472 & 643 & 8572 & 1065 & \(-\)6.59 & 0.001 \\ Tridecane & 1300 & a & 57 & 2801 & 518 & 3962 & 772 & \(-\)2.50 & 0.047 \\ Tetradecane & 1400 & a & 57 & 4264 & 1962 & 6791 & 908 & \(-\)2.34 & 0.058 \\
2,6,10\(-\)Trimethyltridecane & 1472 & a & 57 & 4657 & 685 & 4464 & 605 & 0.42 & ns \\ Pentadecane & 1500 & a & 57 & 1411 & 360 & 1920 & 567 & \(-\)1.52 & ns \\ \hline Total Alkanes & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Aromatic hydrocarbons & & & & & & & & & \\ Toluene & 762 & b & 91 & 90,840 & 7380 & 100,855 & 16,137 & \(-\)1.13 & ns \\
1,4\(-\)Dimethylbenzene (p\(-\)xylene) & 864 & a & 91 & 42,008 & 2825 & 30,306 & 5428 & 3.83 & 0.009 \\ Benzaldehyde & 957 & a & 106 & 90,489 & 7344 & 93,882 & 15,105 & \(-\)0.40 & ns \\ Benzyl alcohol & 1032 & b & 108 & 4575 & 1194 & 4407 & 340 & 0.27 & ns \\ Benzeneacetaldehyde & 1041 & a & 91 & 37,108 & 4825 & 73,883 & 14,767 & \(-\)4.73 & 0.003 \\ Acetophenone & 1062 & b & 105 & 1848 & 233 & 1113 & 161 & 5.20 & 0.002 \\ p\(-\)cesol & 1076 & b & 107 & nd & & 909 & 263 & \(-\)4.55 & 0.004 \\ \hline Total Aromatic hydrocarbons & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Furans & & & & & & & & & \\ \(2-\)Ethylfuran & 707 & b & 81 & 20,001 & 1395 & 36,727 & 2689 & \(-\)11.04 & \(<\)0.001 \\ \(2-\)Furfural & 824 & b & 96 & 117,820 & 7671 & 140,972 & 25,466 & \(-\)1.74 & ns \\ \(2-\)Pentylfuran & 992 & b & 81 & 13,244 & 1639 & 47,256 & 6183 & \