“…These compounds have been used to discriminate hams according to the fattening system and five compounds (2,4-dimethyl-heptane, 2-octene, 2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexane, dodecane, 2,4,6-trimethyl-heptane and germacrane B) which show significant differences between hams from "Montanera" and "Cebo" (Narváez-Rivas et al, 2010b). on the other hand, the contents in 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-heptane, m-xylene, 2,4-dimethyl-heptane, 6-methyl-tridecane, o-xylene and 2,6-dimethyl-undecane allow the differentiation of three fattening diets (Montanera, extensive cebo and intensive cebo), together with 1-metoxy-2-propanol, isopropyl alcohol, 3-ethyl-2,2-dimathyloxirane, 3-methyl-3-pentanol and limonene (Narváez-Rivas et al, 2011). At any rate, it is believed that saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons do not play a significant role in the flavor of meat (Min et al, 1979).…”