VOLATILES OF WILD STRAWBERRIES, FRAGARIA-VESCA L, COMPARED TO THOSE OF CULTIVATED BERRIES, FRAGARIA X ANANASSA CV SENGA SENGANA

Volatile components of Finnish wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca L., and of cultivated strawberry, Fragaria X ananassa cv. Senga Sengana, were studied by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In all, 87 compounds were identified in the wild and 58 in the cultivated berries. 2, 5-Dimethyl-4-methoxy-3(2fl)-furanone was identified as the main volatile component in the berries of F. vesca L. and as an abundant component also in the cultivated berries. Other compounds reported here for the first time as strawberry volatiles include 3-methyl-2-butenyl acetate, methyl nicotinate, carveyl acetate, methyl anthranilate, methyl IV-formylanthranilate, verbenone, citronellol, myrtenol, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol, eugenol, vanillin, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, and 4-vinylphenol. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.