MOLECULE
Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Banana.
Major component · the claim says “among the predominant volatile compounds”
In two banana cultivars, isoamyl acetate, hexanal, trans-2-hexenal and 1-hexanol were among the predominant volatile compounds, and their levels changed as the fruit ripened.
Scope: Two cultivars; it reports abundance without olfactometry, so odour potency is not established. CLM-BANANA-001 ↗
ZSIAUFGUXNUGDI-UHFFFAOYSA-NChecked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.
SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.
Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:1-hexanol · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). 1-hexanol (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:1-hexanol. https://smellbook.com/molecules/1-hexanol
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.