Oolong tea made from tea plants from different locations in Yunnan and Fujian, China showed similar aroma but different taste characteristics

Wang, Chen; Lv, Shidong; Wu, Yuanshuang; Gao, Xuemei; Li, Jiangbing; Zhang, Wenrui; Meng, Qingxiong

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2229-y

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Table 2 Volatile components and their relative contents in Yunnan oolong teas, Fujian oolong tea, Green teas, Black teas, and Pu-erh teas

From: Oolong tea made from tea plants from different locations in Yunnan and Fujian, China showed similar aroma but different taste characteristics

No.	Retention time	Compound	Yunnan oolong tea (n = 5)	Fujian oolong tea (n = 5)	Green tea (n = 10)	Black tea (n = 10)	Pu-erh tea (n = 10)
1	4.140	Hexanal	0.00a^*	0.00a	0.00a	0.23 ± 0.12b	0.00a
2	5.733	(E)-2-Hexenal	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.1 ± 0.09b	0.00a
3	5.746	cis-3-Hexen-1-ol	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.27 ± 0.23b	0.00a
4	6.260	cis-2-Hexen-1-ol	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.08 ± 0.15a	0.00a
5	6.345	1-Pentanol	0.41 ± 0.67a	1.24 ± 1.01b	0.11 ± 0.17a	0.15 ± 0.17a	0.00a
6	6.741	1-Hexanol	0.18 ± 0.24b	0.33 ± 0.39b	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a
7	7.131	2-Heptanone	0.09 ± 0.13b	0.02 ± 0.05a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a
8	7.579	2-Heptanol	0.17 ± 0.18b	0.15 ± 0.15ab	0.00a	0.10 ± 0.20ab	0.00a
9	9.989	Benzaldehyde	0.74 ± 0.87b	0.17 ± 0.16a	0.19 ± 0.04a	0.41 ± 0.17ab	0.18 ± 0.08a
10	11.051	1-Octen-3-ol	0.34 ± 0.57ab	0.96 ± 0.48c	0.76 ± 0.78bc	0.11 ± 0.24a	0.03 ± 0.05a
11	11.342	6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one	0.00a	0.00a	0.25 ± 0.14b	0.00a	0.00a
12	11.599	2-Pentyl-furan	0.00a	0.00a	0.81 ± 0.40bc	1.37 ± 1.12c	0.18 ± 0.10ab
13	13.321	Benzyl alcohol	2.35 ± 1.43c	3.45 ± 0.53d	1.26 ± 0.87b	0.39 ± 0.36a	0.04 ± 0.06a
14	13.590	D-Limonene	1.51 ± 1.60c	1.2 ± 0.10bc	0.32 ± 0.16a	0.59 ± 0.58ab	0.02 ± 0.05a
15	14.049	Phenylacetaldehyde	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.95 ± 0.51b	0.04 ± 0.07a
16	14.123	1H-Pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.27 ± 0.29b	0.19 ± 0.18ab
17	14.413	Ocimene	0.57 ± 0.52b	0.37 ± 0.25ab	0.43 ± 0.2ab	0.55 ± 0.77b	0.00a
18	15.427	(E)-2-Octen-1-ol	0.00a	0.00a	0.35 ± 0.32b	0.00a	0.00a
19	15.569	Linalool oxide I	3.77 ± 1.44a	4.12 ± 0.83a	0.98 ± 0.57b	1.6 ± 0.85b	1.11 ± 0.64b
20	16.344	Linalool oxide II	4.61 ± 1.92a	4.49 ± 1.15a	2.10 ± 0.77b	3.71 ± 1.77a	2.17 ± 0.85b
21	17.097	Linalool	19.97 ± 2.73a	20.36 ± 1.54a	13.23 ± 4.59a	12.60 ± 14.78a	0.80 ± 0.69b
22	17.23	3,7-Dimethyl-1,5,7-octatriene-3-ol	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	1.11 ± 1.42b	0.00a
23	17.513	Phenylethyl alcohol	1.86 ± 1.53a	1.15 ± 1.10a	0.41 ± 0.58a	3.85 ± 6.04a	0.36 ± 0.29a
24	19.401	1,2-dimethoxy benzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	1.38 ± 0.41b
25	20.266	Linalool oxide III	0.28 ± 0.29ab	0.24 ± 0.11ab	0.00a	0.45 ± 0.45b	0.52 ± 0.29b
26	20.544	Linalool oxide IV	4.64 ± 2.52a	1.35 ± 0.88b	0.70 ± 0.43b	1.88 ± 1.10b	1.71 ± 0.98b
27	20.703	Naphthalene	1.07 ± 1.02a	0.96 ± 0.94a	0.42 ± 0.22ab	0.09 ± 0.13ab	0.51 ± 0.90a
28	21.302	α-Terpineol	2.14 ± 3.39ab	1.65 ± 1.22ab	2.82 ± 1.59b	0.38 ± 0.37a	1.60 ± 0.81ab
29	21.439	Methyl salicylate	2.27 ± 1.84bc	1.89 ± 1.28abc	0.83 ± 1.14ab	3.45 ± 2.00c	0.41 ± 0.31a
30	21.686	Safranal	0.94 ± 0.22a	0.47 ± 0.37b	0.34 ± 0.09b	0.11 ± 0.09c	0.15 ± 0.12c
31	21.85	Dodecane	0.00a	0.00a	2.39 ± 1.46b	0.17 ± 0.32a	0.05 ± 0.08a
32	22.262	Decanal	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.12 ± 0.07a	0.27 ± 0.19b
33	22.672	β-Cyclocitral	0.00a	0.00a	0.63 ± 0.23ab	0.29 ± 0.26b	0.13 ± 0.10c
34	23.135	Nerol	0.91 ± 1.00bc	1.08 ± 1.06c	0.32 ± 0.13a	0.41 ± 0.21ab	0.02 ± 0.06a
35	23.824	3,4-Dimethoxytoluene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.84 ± 0.79b
36	24.467	Geraniol	2.82 ± 2.23a	0.54 ± 0.40a	1.68 ± 0.55a	12.63 ± 7.26b	0.47 ± 0.27a
37	25.293	2-Phenyl-2-butenal	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.38 ± 0.21b	0.00a
38	25.857	2-Methyl-naphthalene	0.00a	0.00a	0.36 ± 0.11c	0.06 ± 0.07a	0.22 ± 0.09b
39	26.004	Indole	0.58 ± 0.47a	0.76 ± 0.29a	0.04 ± 0.09b	0.02 ± 0.07b	0.00b
40	26.475	Tridecane	0.00a	0.00a	6.23 ± 3.66b	0.45 ± 1.07a	0.00a
41	26.578	1-Methylnaphthalene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.06 ± 0.11a	0.18 ± 0.12b
42	27.027	1,2,3-Trimethoxybenzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.34 ± 0.27a	0.00a	14.41 ± 5.48b
43	27.695	4-Ethyl-1,4-dimethoxybenzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	2.3 ± 1.31b
44	28.624	2,6-Dimethoxyphenol	0.47 ± 0.15a	0.79 ± 0.53b	0.35 ± 0.23a	0.24 ± 0.15a	0.31 ± 0.2a
45	29.840	1,2,4-Trimethoxybenzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	5.16 ± 2.85b
46	30.093	Damascenone	0.58 ± 0.79a	0.44 ± 0.25a	0.00b	0.21 ± 0.40ab	0.00b
47	30.239	cis-3-Hexen-1-yl Hexanoate	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.46 ± 0.62b	0.00a
48	30.466	Hexyl hexanoate	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.16 ± 0.14b	0.00a
49	30.705	cis-Jasmone	0.81 ± 0.99a	0.57 ± 0.17a	0.48 ± 0.38a	0.63 ± 0.31a	0.39 ± 0.18a
50	30.842	Tetradecane	0.00a	0.00a	1.10 ± 0.26c	0.41 ± 0.10b	0.41 ± 0.12b
51	31.202	1,3,5-Trimethoxybenzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	3.40 ± 2.78b
52	31.374	α-Calacorene	0.00a	0.00a	0.05 ± 0.10a	0.20a ± 0.26	0.8 ± 0.4b
53	31.51	β-Caryophyllene	2.81 ± 3.22a	3.08 ± 2.12a	0.54 ± 0.56b	0.06 ± 0.13b	0.00b
54	31.934	α-Ionone	0.81 ± 0.76ab	0.84 ± 0.52ab	1.35 ± 0.48b	0.53 ± 0.41a	0.82 ± 0.31ab
55	32.294	1,2-Benzopyrone	0.00a	0.00a	0.45 ± 0.13c	0.25 ± 0.24b	0.00a
56	32.568	4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)butan-2-one	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.03 ± 0.09a	0.14 ± 0.15b
57	32.645	1-Methoxynaphthalene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.58 ± 0.29b
58	32.855	2-Methoxynaphthalene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.71 ± 0.25b
59	32.979	1,2,3,4-Tetramethoxybenzene	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.93 ± 0.45b
60	33.039	Geranyl acetone	1.02 ± 1.19a	1.45 ± 0.71ab	2.27 ± 0.82b	1.12 ± 0.53a	1.51 ± 0.68ab
61	33.395	β-Ionone	1.40 ± 1.05b	2.65 ± 1.57c	0.07 ± 0.22a	0.47 ± 0.42a	0.00a
62	34.388	1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.15 ± 0.11a	2.91 ± 2.30b
63	34.358	(E)-β-Farnesene	3.93 ± 3.61a	3.49 ± 3.15a	5.34 ± 1.53a	3.35 ± 2.57a	2.67 ± 0.89a
64	34.705	Cocal	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.19 ± 0.19b	0.00a
65	34.97	Pentadecane	1.55 ± 1.78a	1.75 ± 1.11a	0.68 ± 0.21b	0.52 ± 0.12b	0.6 ± 0.16b
66	35.012	Methyl isoeugenol	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.41 ± 0.30b
67	35.219	Dibenzofuran	0.00a	0.00a	0.75 ± 0.64b	0.31 ± 0.57ab	0.53 ± 0.35ab
68	35.313	α-Farnesene	0.00a	0.00a	1.13 ± 1.02b	1.11 ± 0.67b	0.32 ± 0.40a
69	35.925	Dihydroactinidiolide	3.81 ± 0.82ab	3.71 ± 0.29ab	6.46 ± 1.12c	2.50 ± 1.29a	4.34 ± 1.48b
70	37.467	Nerolidol	2.86 ± 3.28bc	4.33 ± 1.56c	0.29 ± 0.39a	3.66 ± 1.73c	1.17 ± 0.80ab
71	37.688	cis-3-Hexen-1-yl benzoate	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.66 ± 0.63b	0.00a
72	37.758	Fluorene	0.00a	0.00a	1.07 ± 0.42a	0.14 ± 0.22b	0.70 ± 0.31c
73	38.79	Cedrol	0.00a	0.00a	0.91 ± 0.41b	0.64 ± 1.05ab	1.15 ± 0.87b
74	39.884	Hexadecane	0.53 ± 0.76a	0.83 ± 0.27ab	1.24 ± 0.65bc	0.97 ± 0.23ab	1.64 ± 0.66c
75	40.845	α-Cadinol	0.00a	0.00a	1.17 ± 0.20c	0.51 ± 0.34b	1.07 ± 0.14c
76	40.897	Methyl jasmonate	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.16 ± 0.36a	0.00a
77	41.051	2,2′,5,5′-Tetra methylbiphenyl	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.22 ± 0.21a	0.52 ± 0.39b
78	42.584	Heptadecane	0.91 ± 0.95ab	0.36 ± 0.28a	1.19 ± 0.76ab	0.70 ± 0.46ab	1.44 ± 0.87b
79	42.811	2,6,10,14-Tetramethyl pentadecane	0.00a	0.00a	2.53 ± 1.44c	1.23 ± 0.52b	2.27 ± 1.28bc
80	44.879	Anthracene	0.00a	0.00a	1.17 ± 0.78b	0.88 ± 1.28a	1.39 ± 0.48b
81	46.099	Octadecane	0.84 ± 0.67ab	1.25 ± 0.20b	0.79 ± 0.55ab	0.36 ± 0.26a	1.26 ± 1.01b
82	46.425	2,6,10,14-Tetramethyl hexadecane	0.00a	0.00a	0.61 ± 0.56a	0.49 ± 0.41a	1.44 ± 1.02b
83	47.461	Caffeine	4.27 ± 2.15a	3.59 ± 1.27a	4.44 ± 3.62a	4.50 ± 2.55a	3.88 ± 2.29a
84	47.645	Phytone	2.44 ± 1.51a	2.38 ± 1.58a	3.68 ± 1.47a	3.18 ± 4.64a	3.86 ± 1.83a
85	50.021	Farnesyl acetone	1.49 ± 1.40a	2.15 ± 0.20a	3.04 ± 5.18a	0.18 ± 0.23a	0.49 ± 0.44a
86	50.33	Isophytol	0.45 ± 0.47a	0.31 ± 0.50a	0.16 ± 0.28a	0.17 ± 0.14a	1.25 ± 0.60b
87	51.006	Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester	3.08 ± 1.16a	3.3 ± 0.80a	0.53 ± 0.82c	1.41 ± 0.89b	0.54 ± 0.19c
88	51.657	Hexadecanoic acid	2.25 ± 2.44a	2.44 ± 2.09a	2.36 ± 1.90a	4.7 ± 5.02a	9.05 ± 4.07b
89	52.877	Eicosane	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.00a	0.24 ± 0.23b
90	55.562	Methyl linoleate	0.52 ± 0.49a	0.39 ± 0.25ab	0.19 ± 0.23bc	0.32 ± 0.28abc	0.05 ± 0.11c
91	55.759	Methyl linolenate	0.58 ± 0.55a	0.92 ± 0.61a	0.64 ± 0.63a	0.49 ± 0.38a	0.41 ± 0.31a
92	56.192	Phytol	6.86 ± 2.32a	6.67 ± 2.47a	4.00 ± 3.40ab	4.23 ± 3.53ab	2.10 ± 1.86b

^*For each parameter, different letters within a row indicate difference between different types of tea with Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05)

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