Table 3. Identification and relative concentration (μg/g) of volatile compounds in Beijing You Chicken and Dwarf Beijing You Chicken eggs

Compound type Compounds Relative concentration (μg/g) p-value
BYC DBYC
Alkanes Hexane, 3,3-dimethyl- 0.008±0.000 0.013±0.001 0.041
Alkenes 1-Pentene, 3-methyl- 2.371±0.221 ND 0.003
3-Heptene, 4-ethyl- ND 0.484±0.034 0.002
Alcohols (S)-(+)-3-Methyl-1-pentanol 0.048±0.005 ND 0.004
Cyclobutanol, 2-ethyl- ND 0.159±0.013 0.002
meso-3,4-Hexanediol 0.022±0.001 ND 0.002
Aldehydes Nonanal 0.134±0.012 0.132±0.001 0.806
Hexanal, 2-ethyl- 0.051±0.003 ND 0.002
Pentadecanal 0.079±0.018 0.088±0.002 0.497
Hexanal ND 0.176±0.049 0.025
Acids Acetic acid 0.034±0.000 0.033±0.002 0.616
Formic acid 0.093±0.000 0.066±0.001 0.001
Butanedioic acid, phenyl- 0.123±0.018 0.16±0.003 0.064
Pentanoic acid 0.022±0.002 0.039±0.001 0.001
Aromatics Resorcinol, 2-acetyl- 0.217±0.025 0.179±0.017 0.461
2,6-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-(1-oxopropyl)phenol 0.126±0.005 0.151±0.027 0.257
Toluene ND 0.028±0.002 0.002
Benzene, 1,3-dimethyl- 0.051±0.002 0.077±0.001 0.053
Ketones 3,4-Dimethyldihydrofuran-2,5-dione 0.023±0.009 ND 0.298
Acetone 0.002±0.000 ND <0.001
Ethanone, 2-(formyloxy)-1-phenyl- 0.052±0.005 0.057±0.000 0.261
2-Butanone, 3-methoxy-3-methyl- 0.017±0.000 ND <0.001
2,2-Dimethyl-3-heptanone ND 0.186±0.006 <0.001
Cyclobutanone, 2,2,3-trimethyl- 0.005±0.000 0.009±0.000 0.010
2-Heptanone 0.014±0.009 0.023±0.001 0.255
Cyclohexanone ND 4.783±0.253 0.001
2H-Pyran-2,6(3H)-dione, dihydro- ND 1.490±0.070 0.001
2-Cyclopenten-1-one, 2-hydroxy- 5.115±0.728 ND 0.007
Esters Benzoic acid, 2-phenylethyl ester 0.183±0.013 ND 0.002
Dibutyl phthalate 0.028±0.004 0.039±0.001 0.144
2-Methylbenzyl benzoate ND 0.190±0.020 0.004
Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, propyl ester 0.007±0.001 ND 0.008
Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester 0.104±0.005 0.092±0.004 0.041
S-containing Dimethyl sulfone 0.029±0.01 0.043±0.001 0.136
N-containing Proline, 2-methyl-5-oxo-, methyl ester 0.009±0.001 ND 0.008
Dicyandiamide 0.012±0.000 ND 0.001
1H-Tetrazol-5-amine 0.008±0.001 0.012±0.000 0.041
3H-Pyrazol-3-one, 1,2-dihydro-5-methyl- ND 1.676±0.078 0.001
Methyl 1-methylpiperidine-2-carboxylate 2.577±0.266 ND 0.004
1,3-Oxazetidin-2-one, 3-phenyl- ND 0.553±0.017 <0.001
3,5-Diamino-1,2,4-triazole ND 0.005±0.000 0.001
Guanidine ND 0.001±0.000 0.003
Pyrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-2,4(1H,3H)-dione 0.061±0.000 ND <0.001
Others Hydroperoxide, hexyl ND 0.062±0.004 0.002
2,3-Epoxybutane 0.055±0.009 ND 0.009
Succinic anhydride ND 0.107±0.002 <0.001
3,3-Diethoxy-1-propyne ND 0.006±0.000 0.002
Data are reported as means±SEM (n=3).
BYC, Beijing You Chicken; DBYC, Dwarf Beijing You Chicken; ND, not detected.