Volatile flavor compounds from perilla leaves were extracted and analyzed with different methods, headspace analysis(HS), simultaneous steam distillation and extraction (SDE), and solvent extraction (SE), and to compare their efficiencies for quick analysis.
Over 30 volatile compounds were isolated and 28 compounds were identified by GC/MSD. Major compound was perillaketone showing the compositions of which were 92% in SDE method, 86% in headspace analysis, and 62% in solvent extraction method. For quick evaluation of leaf flavor in perilla, it was desirable because the headspace analysis method had a shorter analyzing time and smaller sample amount than the other methods.