Characterization of volatile compounds of mezcal, an ethnic alcoholic beverage obtained from Agave salmiana

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1337-1341

  De León Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   González Hernández, Lidia ^a   De La Rosa, Ana P Barba ^a   Escalante Minakata, Pilar ^a   López, Mercedes G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave; Alcohols; Ethanol; Mezcal; SPME; Tequila; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LIMONENE; TERPENE;

AGAVE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOTH; VOLATILIZATION;

AGAVE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CYCLOHEXENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KETONES; MOTHS; TERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

AGAVE; AGAVE SALMIANA;

EID: 33644865649     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf052154+     Document Type: Article

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