참치통조림을 개봉한후 냉장고$(4^{circ}C)$에 4주간 저장하는 동안의 향기변화의 관능검사와 향기성분 분석을 하였다. 막 개봉한 참치통조림의 향은 고소한 쇠고기향과 신선한 참치통조림 특유의 냄새를 가지고 있었으나, card-boardy(1주후), 산화된 지방산(2주후, 3주후), 그리고 곰팡이냄새와 페인트 냄새(4주후)로 변하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 참치통조림시료로부터 126개이상의 휘발성성분이 분리되었고, 그중 54개의 화합물이 mass spectral data, $I_E$ values, 그리고 GC detector로부터 나오는 efluent를 sniffing하므로서 동정되었다. 4주간 저장 후 저급휘발성 화합물은 줄어드는반면 분자량이 큰화합물이 새로이 생성되었다. 저장기간중 감소된화합물은 1-penten-3-ol, 3-penten-2-ol, heptanal, limonene, 1-pentanol, octanal, 1-hexanol, nonanal, 2-octanone, 2-nonanone, 1-heptanol, benzaldehytde, 그리고 methyl substituted benzenes 등이었다. p-Thiocresol, 2-chlorophenol, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, dipropyl disulfide, 2-isobutyl-4,5-dimethylthiazole, diethyltrisulfide, 그리고 2-heptylthiophene은 신선한 참치통조림에는 검출되지않았으나, 개봉후 4주간 저장된 통조림에서는 새로이 검출되었다. 따라서 이들 저장중에 변화된 화합물은 참치 통조림의 품질 변화의 지표로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.
The specific attributes of aroma quality of canned tuna meat were investigated before and during refrigerated storage. Fresh, cooked tuna, beefy and meaty flavor notes of canned tuna meat were changed to card-boardy(1 week storage), oxidized fat-like(2 weeks storage), fatty acid-like and heavy oxidized fat-like(3 weeks storage), and then moldy and painty(4 weeks storage) flavor notes during storage in refrigerator at $4^{circ}C.$ More than 126 peaks of volatile compounds collected from canned tuna meat were separated on Carbowax 20M capillary column of gas chromatographic analysis. Of the peaks, 54 compounds were identified by mass spectral data, matching $I_E$ values, and sniffing the effluent of each peak from GC detector. The contents of many low molecular weight compounds eluted with early retention times were decreased, whereas some other new compounds eluted with longer retention time were formed during storage. The compounds increased up to 3 weeks of storage and then decreased at extended storage time(4 weeks) were 1-penten-3-ol, 3-penten-2-ol, heptanal, limonene, 1-pentanol, octanal, 1-hexanol, nonanal, 2-octanone, 2-nonanone, 1-heptanol, benzaldehytde and some methyl substituted benzenes. p-Thiocresol, 2-chlorophenol, and 2-heptylthiophene were formed after 4 weeks of storage, but not detected in fresh canned tuna. Therefore, these compounds could be used as indicators for the quality changes during refrigerated storage.
