Table 3. Concentration (μg/mL) of volatile compounds of Korean, Russian and New Zealand velvet antler extracts

Compound Retention time Korean velvet antler Russian velvet antler New zealand velvet antler Identification1)
Esters
 Methyl acetate 1.80 0.002±0.001 ND ND MS+STD
 Ethyl acetate 2.25 0.04±0.005 0.06±0.00 0.05±0.00 MS+STD
 Methyl propionate 2.40 0.01±0.003 ND ND MS+STD
 Ethyl butanoate 3.75 0.002±0.001 ND ND MS
 1-Methoxy-2-propyl acetate 8.24 0.011±0.000a 0.008±0.00b 0.006±0.00b MS
 Methyl hexanoate 9.88 0.002±0.001 ND ND MS
 2-Isobutoxyethyl propionate 12.37 0.001±0.000 ND ND MS
 Chrysanthenyl propionate 12.52 0.002±0.000 ND ND MS
 Isobutyl pentyl carbonate 13.53 0.001±0.000 ND ND MS
 Methyl octanoate 14.57 0.004±0.000 ND ND MS+STD
 Ethyl octanoate 16.08 0.007±0.001a 0.002±0.00b 0.002±0.00b MS+STD
 Heptyl heptanoate 22.02 0.001±0.000 0.003±0.00 0.003±0.00 MS
Alcohols
 2-Furanmethanol 7.85 0.001±0.000 0.007±0.00 ND MS+STD
 Eucalyptol 12.60 0.003±0.000 ND ND MS
 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol 21.35 0.002±0.000 0.001±0.00 0.001±0.00 MS
Aldehydes
 3-Methyl-butanal 2.70 ND 0.001±0.00 0.001±0.00 MS+STD
Ketones
 2-Heptanone 8.89 0.002±0.000 ND ND MS+STD
 2,4-Dimethyl-3-hexanone 10.72 0.15±0.011a 0.08±0.01b 0.083±0.001b MS
 2,5-Dimethyl-3-hexanone 10.99 0.014±0.001 ND 0.11±0.01 MS
 3-Octanone 11.02 0.023±0.000 0.03±0.00 0.03±0.003 MS+STD
 2,4-Dimethyl-3-hexanone 11.10 0.037±0.000 0.001±0.00 0.02±0.001 MS
 2-Undecanone 17.80 0.016±0.000 0.015±0.00 0.02±0.001 MS
Hydrocarbons
 2,2,6-Trimethyl-octane 11.55 0.008±0.00 0.004±0.00 0.006±0.00 MS
 Decane 11.83 0.007±0.00 0.002±0.00 ND MS
 2-Methyl-undecane 12.92 0.002±0.00 ND ND MS
 3,7-Dimethyl-nonane 13.03 0.004±0.00 ND ND MS
 3,6-Dimethyl-undecane 13.29 0.005±0.00 0.001±0.00 ND MS
 2,5-Dimethyl-dodecane 13.59 0.003±0.00 ND ND MS
 1-(Hexyloxy)-5-methyl-hexane 13.79 0.002±0.00 ND ND MS
 Hexyloxyoctane 14.08 0.002±0.00 ND ND MS
 Tridecane 17.93 0.002±0.00 ND ND MS
 Tetradecane 19.65 0.001±0.00 ND ND MS
Identification: The compounds were identified by either mass spectra (MS) from library or authentic standards (STD).
Means within a same row with different superscripts differ significantly at (p<0.05).
ND, not detectable.