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In order to understand its volatile oil compositions and flavor characteristics, and to explore the flavor difference between Z. motuoense and the common Chinese prickly ash sold in the market, we analyzed the essential oils of Z. motuoense pericarp (MEO) using HS-SPME\/GC\u00d7GC-TOFMS coupled with multivariate data and flavoromics analyses. The common commercial Chinese prickly ash in Asia, Zanthoxylum bungeanum (BEO), was used as a reference. A total of 212 aroma compounds from the 2 species were identified, among which alcohols, terpenoids, esters, aldehydes, and ketones were the major compounds. The predominant components detected from MEO were citronellal, (+)-citronellal, and \u03b2-phellandrene. Six components\u2014citronellal, (E,Z)-3,6-nonadien-1-ol, allyl methallyl ether, isopulegol, 3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-1-ol acetate, and 3,7-dimethyl-(R)-6-octen-1-ol\u2014could be used as the potential biomarkers of MEO. The flavoromics analysis showed that MEO and BEO were significantly different in aroma note types. Furthermore, the content differences of several numb taste components in two kinds of prickly ash were quantitatively analyzed using RP-HPLC. The antimicrobial activities of MEO and BEO against four bacterial strains and nine plant pathogenic fungi were determined in vitro. The results indicated that MEO had significantly higher inhibitory activities against most microbial strains than BEO. This study has revealed the fundamental data in respect of the volatile compound properties and antimicrobial activity of Z. motuoense, offering basic information on valuable natural sources that can be utilized in the condiment, perfume, and antimicrobial sectors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods12112225","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,1]],"date-time":"2023-06-01T02:12:45Z","timestamp":1685585565000},"page":"2225","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["HS-SPME\/GC\u00d7GC-TOFMS-Based Flavoromics and Antimicrobial Properties of the Aroma Components of Zanthoxylum motuoense"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Wei","family":"Gu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yinghuan","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xianjie","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2682-2451","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ronghui","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Liquor and Food Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junlei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junyou","family":"Jian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liejun","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3550-161X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chunmao","family":"Yuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenling","family":"Guan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Horticulture and Landscape, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650204, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaojiang","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6403","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.jafc.0c02026","article-title":"Characterization of Key Odorants in Hanyuan and Hancheng Fried Pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) Oil","volume":"68","author":"Sun","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. 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