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Octanal — Ingredient · Foodgeist
Ingredient
Octanal
Molecular Profile
CID
454
Formula
C8H16O
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“Sniffing the ponkan cold-pressed oil and its oxygenated fraction demonstrated that octanal and decanal were the characteristic odor components of ponkan.”
octanal→contributes to→characteristic odor of ponkan cold-pressed oil
“The major aliphatic aldehydes quantified in both oils are n-octanal and n-decanal, which are especially important character-impact constituents of sweet orange oils.”
Valencia and Hamlin oils→contain→major aliphatic aldehydes n-octanal and n-decanal