ACKNOWLEDGMENTWe are indebted to Dr. G. Borin, Centro di Studi sui Biopolymeri, CNR, Padova, for providing the synthetic acetylleucylleucylargininal (Leupeptin) and to Professor Galoppini, Istituto Industrie Agrarie, UniversitA di Pisa, for advice and assistance in preparing alfalfa juice. LITERATURE CITED Andrews, P. Biochem. J. 1965,95, 595. Bendal, M. R.; Cartwright, I. L.; Clark, P. I.; Lowe, G.; Nurse, D. Eur. J. Biochem. 1977, 79,201. Bittoni, A.; Sodini, G.; Emmi, E.; Cardinali, F. Riu. Ital. Sostanze Grasse 1977,54, 421. Camici, M.; Balestreri, E.; Tozzi, M. G.; Bacciola, D.; Saracchi, I.; Felicioli, R.; Ipata, P. L. Laskowski, M., Sr.; Kassel, B.; Peanasky, R. J.; Laskowski, M., Jr.In "Handbuch der physiologisch-und pathologisch-chemischen Analyse", 10th ed.; Lang, K.; Lenhartz, E., Eds.; SpringerBy means of distillation-extraction, adsorption chromatography, and capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, 23 sulfur components (mercaptans, sulfides, and di-and trisulfides) were characterized in roasted coffee. Fifteen components were identified for the first time and confirmed by synthesis (among them are sulfur-containing furans and two dithiolanes). The amounts of sulfur components were determined in roasted Arabica and Robusta coffees, as well as in instant coffee.