Change of the Volatile Organic Compounds from Irradiated Dried-Red Pepper

Compare with volatile organic compounds from unirradiated and irradiated dried-red pepper that is representative spice of korea. Volatile compounds from unirradiated and irradiated dried-red pepper were extracted using simultaneous distillation-extraction(SDE) apparatus and analyzed by Gas chromatography/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). A total of 61 and 62 compounds were identified from unirradiated and irradiated dried red pepper at dose of 10 kGy. These compounds included alcohols, aldehydes, furans, hydrocarbons, ketones, N-containing compounds, terpenes and micellaneous compounds. Furfural, benzaldehyde, linalool, nerolidol, -curcumene, -zingibirene were detected as the major volatile compounds from dried-red pepper. Specially, 1,3-bis[1,1-dimethylethyl]-benzene was confirmed as a marker of irradiated dried-red pepper because is not detected in unirraiatied dried-red pepper.