Methanol contamination in traditionally fermented alcoholic beverages: the microbial dimension

Ohimain, Elijah Ige

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3303-1

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Table 2 Some volatile congeners in alcoholic beverages

From: Methanol contamination in traditionally fermented alcoholic beverages: the microbial dimension

Congener	Concentration	Beverages	References
1-butanol	ND to 35 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
	8 to 74 mg/l	Plum wine	Jung et al. (2010)
	4.5 to 12 mg/100 ml	Plum brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	1.0 to 5.2 mg/100 ml	Grape brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	ND to 9.8 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)
2-butanol	ND to 59 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
	309 to 1092 mg/l	Plum wine	Jung et al. (2010)
	14.5 to 55 mg/100 ml	Plum brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	1.5 to 110.5 mg/100 ml	Grape brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	ND to 18.39 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)
1-propanol	ND to 708 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
	76 to 1141 mg/l	Plum wine	Jung et al. (2010)
	22 to 305 mg/100 ml	Plum brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	4.1 to 90.5 mg/100 ml	Grape brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	ND to 727 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)
2-propanol	12.2 to 26.5 mg/100 ml	Plum brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
2-propanol	7 to 26.5 mg/100 ml	Grape brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
Acetic acid	ND to 1192 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
Acetone	25 to 40 mg/l	Plum wine	Jung et al. (2010)
Aldehyde	ND to 67.3 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)
Ethyl acetate	ND to 30.19 mg/l	Wines and spirits	Osobamiro (2013)
	100 to 474 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
	48 to 454 mg/100 ml	Plum brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	5.2 to 255 mg/100 ml	Grape brandy	Kostik et al. (2014)
	12.8 to 292 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)
Ethyl carbamate	378 to 421 µg/kg	Yellow rice wine	Wu et al. (2014)
	ND to 40.65 mg/l	Wines and spirits	Osobamiro (2013)
	<0.15 mg/l	Agrave	Lachenmeier et al. (2009)
Higher alcohol^a	267 to 2007 mg/l	Agrave	Leon-Rodriquez et al. (2008)
Higher alcohol^a	ND to 2275 mg/l	Raki	Gueven (2013)

^aHigher alcohol are alcohols with molecular weight higher than ethanol i.e. alcohol that has more than 2 carbon; ND not detected

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