Table 4. Changes in the content of the organic acid compounds in the distilled fractions obtained by using two different distillation methods
Compounds | Fraction No. | Concentration (mg/L) |
Steam | Microwave |
Not added | Added1) | Not added | Added |
Acetic acid | 1 | 256.19±5.86Cb | 63.37±2.56Cd | 415.30±4.50Da | 211.49±7.83Ec |
2 | 673.46±3.87Ba | 207.57±5.76Bd | 586.36±2.94Bb | 296.77±0.76Dc |
3 | 775.25±2.02Aa | 126.05±0.80Ad | 537.17±8.22Cb | 405.58±0.95Cc |
4 | - | - | 662.26±1.79Aa | 476.56±0.60Bb |
5 | - | - | 437.54±1.43Db | 511.71±2.41Aa |
Total | 1,704.90±11.03c | 396.93±8.62d | 2,638.62±18.74a | 1,902.11±11.92b |
Propionic acid | 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
2 | 94.80±0.27Bb | ND | 27.87±0.94Aa | ND |
3 | 120.06±6.05Aa | ND | 4.36±0.47Bb | ND |
4 | - | - | 4.02±0.07Bb | ND |
5 | - | - | ND | ND |
Total | 214.87±6.29a | - | 36.24±1.44b | - |
Butyric acid | 1 | 54.44±1.31Ac | 287.32±0.19Aa | ND | 259.03±6.72Bb |
2 | 57.17±0.06Ab | 298.07±9.12Aa | ND | 283.48±12.89Aa |
3 | 52.55±1.06Ac | 227.63±4.55Bb | ND | 285.09±3.25Aa |
4 | - | - | ND | 256.09±3.58Bb |
5 | - | - | ND | 199.25±4.74Cc |
Total | 164.16±2.42c | 813.02±12.96b | - | 1,279.94±30.33a |
Isovaleric acid | 1 | 78.89±0.75Cc | 53.28±0.25Bb | 63.19±0.65Aa | 53.83±0.52Aa |
2 | 84.42±0.06Ba | 68.80±0.66Ab | 59.78±0.26Bc | 54.36±0.47Ad |
3 | 123.50±0.78Aa | 52.37±0.48Bc | 55.82±2.26Cb | 51.60±0.61Bc |
4 | - | - | 51.32±1.05Dd | 48.99±0.59Cc |
5 | - | - | 46.91±0.52Ea | ND |
Total | 286.81±1.81a | 174.45±1.38d | 277.01±4.57b | 208.78±2.10c |
Valeric acid | 1 | ND | 50.84±0.58Aa | ND | ND |
2 | ND | 52.90±0.34Aa | ND | ND |
3 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
4 | - | - | ND | ND |
5 | - | - | ND | ND |
Total | - | 103.74±0.92a | - | - |
Hexanoic acid | 1 | ND | 175.06±3.25Aa | ND | 128.39±1.81Ab |
2 | 69.64±0.14Ac | 163.61±2.42Ba | ND | 114.82±4.08Bb |
3 | 69.01±0.30Aa | 114.64±4.60Cc | ND | 112.80±3.04Bb |
4 | - | - | ND | 104.99±3.09Ca |
5 | - | - | ND | 91.43±3.15Da |
Total | 138.65±0.44c | 453.31±9.80b | - | 550.43±14.90a |
Whole milk power was added during solid-state fermentation.
All values are mean±SD (n=3).