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(A) The following major compounds were identified in the ethanol extract of Brazilian green propolis (EEBP) : p-coumaric acid, drupanin, artepillin C, and baccharin. (B) One peak was found at the same retention time as artepillin C in the fraction with the most pungent taste.

The redundancy analysis (RDA) biplot of chemical composition parameters (sugars, bioactive compounds) and sensory attributes of courgette fruits of Astra Polka (AP) and Nimba (N) cultivars grown in horticultural system with commercial organic fertilizer (BIO), manure (MAN), and mineral (MIN) fertilizer. Bo, buttery odor; pto, potato odor; so, sweet odor; sfo, sunflower odor; pno, pungent odor; ero, earthy odor; ptt, potato taste; sft, sunflower taste; bt, buttery taste; st, sweet taste; ct, cucumber taste; btt, bitter taste; pnt, pungent taste; pc, peel color; fc, flesh color; har, hardness; fir, firmness; aqs, aquosity; fbs, fibrousness; ovq, overall quality.

Sensory analysis of the of the novel yogurt-style snack YS (light-gray), and the unfermented matrix cYS (dark-gray). Fermentation was carried out in triplicate at 30°C for 16 h. In, intensity (odor); Pu, pungent (odor); Cr, creamy (odor); Sw, sweet (taste); Sa, salty (taste); Bi, bitter (taste); Ac, acidic (taste); As, astringent (taste); A-Sw, sweet (after taste); A-Sa, savory (after taste); A-Ea, earthy (after taste); Pr, particles (texture); Uf, uniformity (texture); Vi, viscosity (texture); Ad, adherence to spoon (texture); Ci, color intensity (visual).

Chemical structures of endogenous compounds present in Extra-Virgin Olive Oil with their perceptual descriptors and the taste and sensory receptors by which the perceptions are mediated: oleocanthal (pungency in the throat, but not bitter), oleuropein (bitter, but not pungent), apigenin (bitter, but not pungent), and luteolin (bitter, but not pungent).