Dynamic Changes of Volatile Compounds during the Xinyang Maojian Green Tea Manufacturing at an Industrial Scale
Peng Yin,
Jing-Jing Wang,
Ya-Shuai Kong,
Yao Zhu,
Jun-Wei Zhang,
Hao Liu,
Xiao Wang,
Gui-Yi Guo,
Guang-Ming Wang,
Zhong-Hua Liu
Affiliations
Peng Yin
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Jing-Jing Wang
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Ya-Shuai Kong
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Yao Zhu
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Jun-Wei Zhang
Xinyang Yunzhen Tea Co., Ltd., Xinyang 464000, China
Hao Liu
Xinyang Xianfeng Tea Co., Ltd., Xinyang 464000, China
Xiao Wang
Xinyang Wenxin Tea Co., Ltd., Xinyang 464000, China
Gui-Yi Guo
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Guang-Ming Wang
Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Henan Engineering Research Center of Tea Processing and Testing, College of Tea Science, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Zhong-Hua Liu
Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Co-Innovation Center of Education Ministry for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Xinyang Maojian (XYMJ) is one of the premium green teas and originates from Xinyang, which is the northernmost green tea production area in China. The special geographic location, environmental conditions, and manufacturing process contribute to the unique flavor and rich nutrition of XYMJ green tea. Aroma is an important quality indicator in XYMJ green tea. In order to illustrate the aroma of XYMJ green tea, the key odorants in XYMJ green tea and their dynamic changes during the manufacturing processes were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 73 volatile compounds of six different chemical classes were identified in the processed XYMJ green tea samples, and the manufacturing processes resulted in the losses of total volatile compounds. Among the identified volatile compounds, twenty-four aroma-active compounds, such as trans-nerolidol, geranylacetone, nonanal, (+)-δ-cadinene, linalool, (Z)-jasmone, cis-3-hexenyl butyrate, cis-3-hexenyl hexanoate, methyl jasmonate, and β-ocimene, were identified as the key odorants of XYMJ green tea based on odor activity value (OAV). The key odorants are mainly volatile terpenes (VTs) and fatty acid-derived volatiles (FADVs). Except for (+)-δ-cadinene, copaene, cis-β-farnesene, (Z,E)-α-farnesene and phytol acetate, the key odorants significantly decreased after fixing. The principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and the hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) analyses suggested that fixing was the most important manufacturing process for the aroma formation of XYMJ green tea. These findings of this study provide meaningful information for the manufacturing and quality control of XYMJ green tea.
