PubChem CID · CC0
methanol
Cooking relevance
Methanol (CID 887) is not a culinary ingredient and has no established cooking role. It is a toxic solvent that does not appear in food preparation or flavor development. No legitimate culinary application exists for methanol in any food context.
- aroma
- N/A – not used in cooking
- culinary role
- N/A – toxic; not a food ingredient
- mass spectra
- 1 verified
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from RHEA (EMBL-EBI/SIB) · peer-reviewed
oxaloacetate 4-methyl ester + H2O = methanol + oxaloacetate + H(+)
methane + NADH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NAD(+) + H2O
methane + NADPH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NADP(+) + H2O
monomethyl sulfate + H2O = methanol + sulfate + H(+)
Research associations
Literature-derived · peer-reviewed sources only · not medical advice
Foods containing this compound
Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland. They grow to 1–3 m tall, with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers. Some species can be found in purple moor and rush pastures.
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 887, 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 887
