Aromas and Volatiles of Fruits

Dear Colleagues,

In general, fruit aroma profiles are a complex composition of chemical compounds including alcohols, esters, carbonyl compounds, terpenoids, norisoprenoids, benzene derivatives. These compounds highly influence the overall sensorial quality of the fruit products, and their low concentration in the fruit (usually ppb) can be affected by a number of agronomic (variety, climatic conditions, ripening) and technological (harvest, post-harvest, storage and processing conditions) factors. The analytical determination of these metabolites in fruit extracts is of crucial importance in many food fields.

Contributions to this Special Issue, both as original research and review articles, may cover advanced knowledge in chemical composition of fruit varieties and the analytical methods used to study their extracts (sample preparation, chromatography, characterization of compounds, in particular by mass spectrometry methods).

Dr. Riccardo Flamini
Guest Editor

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