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The volatile thermal and oxidative decomposition products of methyl arachidonate were separated by capillary gas chromatography and identified by mass spectrometry. Various aldehydes, ketones, aldehyde esters, hydrocarbons and alcohols were identified. The major products included hexanal, methyl 5‐oxopentanoate, pentane, methyl butanoate and 2,4‐decadienal, which could be important to off‐odor development in oxidized food systems containing arachidonate.
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Artz et al. (1993) studied this question.
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