Volatile Constituents in Marine Brown and Red Algae

Abstract

The characteristic volatile constituents of the brown and red marine algae obtained by capillary GC and GC-MS were compared. 2, 3-Dihydrofarnesol, farnesol and farnesal were identified as characteristic volatile compounds in Sargassum nigrifolium. These compounds were not detected in the other marine brown algae and red algae we investigated. Hexadecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, 9-hexadecenoic acid and pentadecanoic acid were identified as the common main volatile compounds. © 1990, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science. All rights reserved.