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• TITLE: Odor-Active Volatile Compounds from the Gonads of the Sea Urchin Mesocentrotus nudus in the Wild in Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan

  AUTHORS: Yoichi Sato, Satomi Takagi, Eri Inomata, Yukio Agatsuma

  KEYWORDS: Sea Urchin, Mesocentrotus nudus, Gonad Flavor, GC/MS, Sniffing Analysis

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.10 No.7, July 31, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: Mesocentrotus nudus is commercially harvested from shallow rocky bottoms in northern Japan. The gonads are targeted as an edible product. The objective of this study was to identify odor-active volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the gonads of adult M. nudus collected at a fishing ground in Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. Methods and Results: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis and gas chromatography-sniffing techniques identified 42 compounds categorized as alcohols, aldehydes, aromatic hydrocarbons, esters, halomethanes, hydrocarbons, ketones, sulfur-containing compounds, and nitrogen-containing compounds. GC-sniffing analysis characterized four compounds with preferable odors of sea urchin gonads; limonene, propyl acetate, acetone, dibromochloromethane. On the other hand, the analysis characterized three compounds with unpreferable odors; methyl mercaptane, dimethyl sulfide, and s-methyl thioacetate. Several VOCs from the gonads were derived from seaweeds, terrestrial plants, and fish flesh as food because M. nudus is omnivorous. Conclusion: This is the first study to identify VOCs from edible sea urchin gonads in the wild in Japan. These VOC data comprise a typical standard in order to evaluate a higher quality of sea urchin gonads.