Summary
Limited information is available about the volatile components of raw chicken meat; therefore the current study was
aimed at chicken meat volatiles. In addition, odour activity values (OAV) were used to evaluate potent volatile components
of the chicken meat. Simultaneous distillation and extraction with dichloromethane was used to obtain volatile
components. The volatile compounds were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 33 compounds
were identified and quantified in the sample. Volatile acids, esters and alcohols were the dominant volatiles
in the chicken breast meat. On the basis of OAV, the most important aroma compounds identified in the extract were
hexanal and (E)-2-heptenal, which were described as the green-fresh odour and green-cheesy-fatty odour, respectively.