Volatile metabolites of some barley storage molds

  • Int J Food Microbiol. 1989 Feb;8(1):11-7. doi: 10.1016/0168-1605(89)90075-5.
C K Wilkins  1 ,  S Scholl
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
PMID: 2641484 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(89)90075-5
Abstract

Volatile metabolites from Penicillium species grown on barley were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax and analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Of the compounds identified from Penicillium aurantiogriseum, P. verrucosum and P. viridicatum, 3-methyl-1-butanol (MB), styrene (S) and 1-octen-3-ol (OO) were prominent while smaller amounts of 2-pentylfuran (PF), 3-methylanisole (MA), 2-(2-furyl)pentanal (FP) and 2-ethyl-5-methylphenol (EMP) were detected. P. coprophilum produced MB, S, PF, MA, FP, EMP and 2-methylacetophenone. Possible biosynthetic pathways are discussed.

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