Identification of 5,6-dihydro-6-propyl-2H-pyran-2-one as the major volatile constituent in mesquite (Prosopis) flour

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1025-1027

  Takeoka, Gary R ^a   Wong, Rosalind Y ^a   Dao, Lan ^a   Felker, Peter ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b D'Arrigo Bros   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic headspace sampling; Flavour; Mesquite pods

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249117079     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.081     Document Type: Article

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