ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition and Food Science Technology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1611006
This article is part of the Research TopicEdible Oil: Extraction Technology, Detection Method, Quality and Nutrition EvaluationView all 5 articles
Investigation of the differences in volatile organic compounds of sesame oil under different processing methods Using GC-IMS and electronic nose
Provisionally accepted
- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
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Sesame oil is an edible oil of high economic and nutritional value, possessing a unique flavor and exerting various physiological effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and hypoglycemic effects. Flavor compounds are essential in evaluating the taste and quality of food. To explore the impacts of water substitution method, cold-pressing method, and hot-pressing method on the volatile organic components and active aroma components of sesame oil, this study employed the Heracles Neo ultra-fast gas-phase electronic nose and GC-IMS technology, combined with chemometric analysis, to analyze the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of three groups of sesame oil samples. A total of 74 VOCs were detected in the three sesame oil samples, which were from GC-IMS and Heracles NEO ultra-fast gas-phase electronic nose (60 VOCs were detected via GC-IMS, 22 VOCs 删除了: Volatile were detected via GC-IMS, among them, 8 VOCs were simultaneously detected via GC-IMS and Heracles NEO ultra-fast gas-phase electronic nose). The sesame oil produced via the water substitution method was rich in more than 42 VOCs, including Cyclopentanone, 1-Pentanol and had a more unique and richer flavor; the sesame oil produced via the cold-pressing method contains 4 VOCs, for example, γ -terpinene with an original fruity flavor; and the sesame oil processed by the hot-pressing method was rich in 29 VOCs, including 2-methyl-1-propanol, and had a better fat aroma. This study helps to improve the quality and flavor of sesame oil from the perspective of volatile components, facilitating technological innovation and industrial upgrades.
Keywords: Sesame Oil, Heracles NEO ultra-fast gas-phase electronic nose, Gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS), Volatile Organic Compounds, processing method Acetaldehyde 75-07-0 408 459 Aldehydic, apple, Etheral, Floral
Received: 13 Apr 2025; Accepted: 22 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Dan Huang, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
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