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Title: VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS IN THE JUICE AND PEEL OIL OF THE AUSTRALIAN WILD LIME(MICROCITRUS INODORA)

Author
item Shaw, Philip - Phil
item MOSHONAS, MANUEL - RETIRED FROM USDA
item Bowman, Kim

Submitted to: Phytochemistry
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/27/1999
Publication Date: 4/19/2000
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The Australian wild lime (scientific name Microcitrus inodora) is related to the common citrus fruit and can be used as one of the parents in studies to make hybrid crosses with more common citrus. This citrus relative has some useful traits such as rapid fruit maturation and resistance to certain citrus diseases that could prove useful in hybrids between Australian wild lime and more common citrus fruit which are sold commercially. We prepared juice and peel oil for flavor analysis from a sample of Australian wild lime grown in Florida. Our analyses showed that the volatile flavor substances in both the juice and the peel oil were generally quite similar to those found in most common citrus. This information is important to plant breeders when they screen fruit from various hybrids for desirable flavor traits.

Technical Abstract: Fifty-three volatile constituents from the juice and twenty from the peel oil of M. inodora have been identified by gas chromatographic and mass spectral analysis. All except seven had been reported earlier as citrus constituents. Since M. inodora is used as a parent for production of new citrus hybrids, this information will be useful to horticulturists, plant breeders and phytochemists.