Tender coconut water tastes sweet and is enjoyed by consumers, but its commercial development is restricted by an extremely short shelf life, which cannot be explained by existing research. UPLC-MS/MS-based metabolomics methods were used to identify and statistically analyze metabolites in coconut water under refrigerated storage. A multivariate statistical analysis method was used to analyze the UPLC-MS/MS datasets from 35 tender coconut water samples stored for 0–6 weeks. In addition, we identified other differentially expressed metabolites by selectingp-values and fold changes. Hierarchical cluster analysis and association analysis were performed with the differentially expressed metabolites. Metabolic pathways were analyzed using the KEGG database and the MetPA module of MetaboAnalyst. A total of 72 differentially expressed metabolites were identified in all groups. The OPLS-DA score chart showed that all samples were well grouped. Thirty-one metabolic pathways were enriched in the week 0–1 samples. The results showed that after a tender coconut is peeled, the maximum storage time at 4 °C is 1 week. Analysis of metabolic pathways related to coconut water storage using the KEGG and MetPA databases revealed that amino acid metabolism is one of the main causes of coconut water quality deterioration.
This work aimed to investigate the effects of frozen storage on volatile compounds of white meats (chicken and duck) and red meats (pork, beef, and mutton). The samples were stored at −18 °C for 0, 2, 4, 10, 18 weeks, and volatile compounds were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Results indicated that the total amounts of volatile compounds increased with frozen storage duration of meats. The correlations were observed between frozen storage duration and levels of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, tetradecane, nonanal, decanal, octanal, tridecanal, benzaldehyde, pentadecane, propanoic acid,2-methyl-,3-hydroxy-2,2,4-trimethylpentyl ester, heptadecane, and hexanal ( r = 0.7456–0.9873). Levels of octanal and propanoic acid,2-methyl-,3-hydroxy-2,2,4-trimethylpentyl ester in white meat and benzaldehyde in red meat versus frozen storage duration fitted very well with zero-order reactions. Therefore, it was concluded that changes in volatile compounds derived from lipid oxidation may be used as indicators of quality deterioration during frozen storage of meat.