Microbial volatile organic compounds and its application in food industry
Microbial volatile organic compounds(MVOCs) are metabolites produced by microorganisms during their metabolism and serve as signaling molecule of self-regulation, informational molecule between different species and allelopathy substances. MVOCs can be classified into species such as alcohol, aldehyde, ketone, ester, terpenoid and sesquiterpene etc. Owning to the diversity and species-specificity of it, MVOCs has great potential use in food industry. In this paper, MVOCs, its research methods and the application status and future of it in food industry were discussed, aim to harness the research and development of MVOCs in China.