In the percent study, a total of 23 flavour compounds were detected using gas chromatography analysis. A total of 2 compounds was reported by Swords et al. (1978) while Rasmussen (1983) reported a total of 21 compounds in jackfruit. Latest research by Maia et al. (2004) detected 39 volatile compounds in two fruit varieties of jackfruit through simultaneous distillation-extraction and separated using a WBCOTDB-5ms fused silica capillary column.