Studies on the Volatility of Flavor in Food

The volarility of limonene in liquid was studied by a head space method of gaschromatography.The volatility was studied with the five groups classified solvent as alcohols, esters, acids and hydrocarbons.Though the volatility of limonene in each solvent suggested the same tendency, the volatility in alcohols and acids was higher than the other groups tested.The volatility of limonene in alcohols, esters, acids and carbonyls depended on the number of carbon chain and the volatility was suppressed when the number was above eight.The volatility of limonene in water was suppressed with the compound which has carbon chains above eight and hydroxy group in the structure as myristyl alcohol.