Research Article

Untargeted Metabolite Profiling of Specialty Rice Grains Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

List of volatile compounds identified in grains of Chakhao Amubi, Improved White Ponni, and Pusa Basmati 1 cultivars.

GroupVolatile aromatic compoundReference

Compounds detected in the grains of all the three genotypes (Chakhao Amubi, Pusa Basmati 1, and Improved White Ponni)Hexanal, o-Xylene, 2-pentylfuran, nonanal, undecane, 4,7-dimethyl-cedrene, and dodecane[3139]
Compounds detected in the grains of Pusa Basmati 1 aloneNonane; 1-pentanol; octanoic acid; 2-methyl-, dimethyl trisulfide; benzaldehyde; 2-hydroxy-, acetic acid; octyl ester dodecane; isolongifolene-5-ol; pentadecane; pentanal, and 2 acetyle-1 pyrroline (2AP)[31, 32, 3441]
Compounds detected in the grains of Chakhao Amubi aloneToluene; p-xylene; 1,2-Dimethylbenzene; mesitylene; decane; octanal; undecane; 2-pentynal; 2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde Ethyl acetate; and beta-elemene[23, 31, 32, 3439, 42, 43]
Compounds common to both Chakhao Amubi and Pusa BasmatiBenzaldehyde; (Z)-7-decenal; and tetradecane[34, 35, 3740, 42, 44]
Compounds identified in Chakhao Amubi and Improved White Ponni2-Methylfuran; m-xylene; decanal; pentadecane[31, 34, 3640, 43, 45]
Compounds identified in Pusa Basmati and Improved White PonniBenzothiazole[32, 37, 39, 46]