Estimation of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (FURANEOL) in cultivated and wild strawberries, pineapples and mangoes.
Pickenhagen W., Velluz A., Passerat J.-P., Ohloff G.
Author Affiliation: Firmenich SA, Research Laboratories, 1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland.
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 32 : 1132-1134
Abstract : Amounts of the aroma compound furaneol in wild and cultivated strawberry, pineapple and mango fruits were determined by qualitative gas chromatography after ether extraction. Cultivated strawberries, cv. Redgauntlet, and pineapples had the highest contents.