PubChem CID · CC0
octanal
Cooking relevance
Octanal (PubChem CID 454) is a C8 aldehyde that contributes citrusy and fatty aromatic notes to foods. This volatile compound appears in the flavor profile of certain ingredients and contributes to their characteristic sensory properties during cooking and food preparation.
- aroma
- citrusy · fatty · aldehydic
- culinary role
- volatile aldehyde contributing to citrus and fatty aroma notes
- mass spectra
- 4 verified
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from RHEA (EMBL-EBI/SIB) · peer-reviewed
octan-1-ol + NAD(+) = octanal + NADH + H(+)
octanal + NAD(+) + H2O = octanoate + NADH + 2 H(+)
octanal + NADP(+) = (2E)-octenal + NADPH + H(+)
octan-1-ol + NADP(+) = octanal + NADPH + H(+)
octanal + NADP(+) + H2O = octanoate + NADPH + 2 H(+)
Foods containing this compound
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 454, public domain via NCBI. Culinary context + ingredient mappings are maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment fleet and continuously re-matched by the pairings engine. PubChem CID 454
