Table 1 Chemical classes of some major fungal volatile organic compounds (FVOCs)
FVOC name | Chemical structure | Fungal source |
|---|---|---|
Chemical group: hydrocarbons | ||
γ-terpinene |
| Diaporthe apiculatum (Song et al. 2019) |
α-terpinene |
| Fusarium culmorum (Schmidt et al. 2016) |
Alcohols | ||
Ethanol |
| Aureobasidium pullulans (Yalage Don et al. 2020) |
1-pentanol |
| Candida nivariensis (Jaibangyang et al. 2020) |
2-phenylethanol |
| Monascus purpureus (Zhang et al. 2021) C. intermedia (Tilocca et al. 2019) Trichoderma asperellum (Intana et al. 2021) |
3-methyl-1-butanol |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Dalilla et al. 2015) |
Isobutanol |
| Trichoderma viride (Hung et al. 2013) |
1-octen-3-ol |
| Tricholoma matsutake (Ohta 1983) |
Chemical group: aldehydes | ||
2-methyl-butanal |
| Cladosporium halotolerans (Jiang et al. 2021) |
Trans-cinnamaldehyde |
| Hanseniaspora uvarum (Guo et al. 2019) |
Chemical group: ketones | ||
6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one |
| Trichoderma atroviride (Garnica‐Vergara et al. 2015) |
Chemical group: organic acid | ||
Acetic acid |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Giannattasio et al. 2013) Trichoderma asperelloides (Phoka et al. 2020) |
3-methyl butanoic acid |
| Kwoniella heveanensis (Jaibangyang et al. 2021) |
Chemical group: esters | ||
2-phenyl ethyl acetate |
| Pichia spp. (Masoud et al. 2005) |
