Characterization of Volatile Compounds of Mezcal, an Ethnic Alcoholic Beverage Obtained from Agave salmiana

Commercial mezcals (white, white with worm, rested, rested with worm, and aged) produced from Agave salmiana were analyzed by solid-phase microextraction−gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (SPME−GC−MS). Thirty-seven compounds were identified, and nine of them were classified as major compounds of...

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Published inJournal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1337 - 1341
Main Authors De León-Rodríguez, Antonio, González-Hernández, Lidia, Barba de la Rosa, Ana P, Escalante-Minakata, Pilar, López, Mercedes G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Chemical Society 22.02.2006
Subjects
Agave
Agave - chemistry
Agave salmiana
alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages - analysis
Alcoholic Beverages - classification
Alcohols - analysis
Aldehydes - analysis
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Butyrates - analysis
Cyclohexenes
food composition
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gas chromatography
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Ketones - analysis
mass spectrometry
mezcal
microextraction
Moths
solid phase extraction
solid phase microextraction
Terpenes - analysis
volatile organic compounds
Volatilization
Volatile compound
Mezcal
Monocotyledones
Ethanol
terpenes
Alcohol
alcohols
Agave
Characterization
Alcoholic beverage
Terpene
SPME
Angiospermae
Agavaceae
Spermatophyta
Tequila
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Summary:Commercial mezcals (white, white with worm, rested, rested with worm, and aged) produced from Agave salmiana were analyzed by solid-phase microextraction−gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (SPME−GC−MS). Thirty-seven compounds were identified, and nine of them were classified as major compounds of mezcal (MCM). Saturated alcohols, ethyl acetate, ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate, and acetic acid form the MCM group. Minor compounds of mezcal group include other alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, large chain ethyl esters, organic acids, furans, terpenes, alkenes, and alkynes. Most of the compounds found in mezcals in this study are similar to those present in tequilas and other alcoholic beverages. However, mezcals contain unique compounds such as limonene and pentyl butanoate, which can be used as markers for the authenticity of mezcal produced from A. salmiana. Keywords: Mezcal; Agave; tequila; ethanol; SPME; terpenes; alcohols
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ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf052154+