Table 4.
Volatile compounds identified from gochujang (salt conc. 15%)
| Fermentation period (mon) |
No. | Compounds name | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Alcohols | | | | | | | | |
3 | ethanol | 17.51 | 10.08 | 12.46 | 28.05 | 28.24 | 10.33 | 8.03 |
10 | 2-methyl-1-propanol | 0.88 | - | 0.82 | 2.60 | 2.56 | 0.52 | 0.04 |
21 | 3-methyl-1-butanol | 9.61 | 5.77 | 4.05 | 12.77 | 10.93 | 4.18 | 7.05 |
22 | 1-pentanol | - | 6.68 | - | - | 12.27 | - | 0.20 |
36 | 1-hexanol | 0.42 | 2.55 | 0.27 | 1.61 | 1.35 | 0.13 | 1.24 |
|
Aldehydes | | | | | | | | |
48 | benzaldehyde | - | - | - | 0.20 | 0.36 | - | 0.12 |
|
Esters | | | | | | | | |
2 | ethyl acetate | 23.87 | 10.16 | 37.33 | 8.39 | 5.33 | 29.03 | 8.32 |
11 | 3-methyl-1-butyl acetate | 2.72 | - | 0.59 | 1.07 | 2.12 | 0.26 | 1.43 |
19 | ethyl hexanoate | - | - | - | 3.40 | 5.40 | 0.77 | 5.89 |
40 | ethyl octanoate | 0.55 | - | - | 0.58 | 1.06 | 0.33 | 1.06 |
65 | 2-phenylethyl acetate | 14.79 | - | - | - | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
|
Ketones | | | | | | | | |
29 | 3-hydroxy-2-butanone | 0.52 | 18.40 | 0.61 | - | - | 0.32 | - |
|
Furans | | | | | | | | |
9 | vinyl furan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.49 |
23 | 2-pentyl furan | 0.45 | 2.57 | 0.64 | 1.05 | 0.82 | 0.31 | 1.98 |
43 | furfural | - | - | - | 0.32 | 0.49 | - | 0.10 |
|
Pyrazines | | | | | | | | |
44 | tetramethyl pyrazine | 0.61 | 2.57 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 0.90 | 0.98 |
|
Acids | | | | | | | | |
41 | acetic acid | 4.17 | 1.50 | 1.42 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 1.17 | 2.21 |
58 | 3-methylbutanoic acid | - | 2.77 | - | 1.26 | 1.32 | 0.48 | 2.10 |
|
Sulfur-containing | | | | | | | | |
compounds | | | | | | | | |
45 | diallyl disulphide | 0.67 | 3.50 | 0.63 | 2.86 | 2.12 | - | 2.29 |
|
Others | | | | | | | | |
6 | toluene | - | 5.46 | 0.52 | 9.40 | 4.80 | 0.46 | 18.04 |
12 | p-xylene | - | - | - | 0.81 | 1.06 | - | 0.99 |
26 | styrene | 0.91 | 4.11 | 1.29 | 2.11 | 2.31 | 0.75 | 4.25 |