MOLECULE
Named in 2 VERIFIED claims about 2 Atlas entries: Seaweed, Cherry.
Reported volatile · the claim says “identified in several species”
A review of edible seaweeds reports volatiles composed mainly of aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, hydrocarbons, esters, acids, sulfur compounds and furans, with benzaldehyde, 2-octenal, octanal, β-ionone and 8-heptadecene identified in several species.
Scope: Edible green, red and brown seaweeds; the review calls for more research on their flavour compounds. CLM-SEAWEED-001 ↗
Major component · the claim says “were the major free volatiles”
In three sweet cherry cultivars, 97 compounds were identified; hexanal, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, benzyl alcohol and benzaldehyde were the major free volatiles, and (E)-β-ionone, hexanal, decanal and (E)-2-hexenal had the highest odour activity values.
Scope: Three sweet cherry cultivars; levels, and so their contribution to aroma, varied between them. CLM-CHERRY-001 ↗
HUMNYLRZRPPJDN-UHFFFAOYSA-NChecked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-03 (identifier check run 37117518739). 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:benzaldehyde · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). benzaldehyde (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 389. smellbook:molecule:benzaldehyde. https://smellbook.com/molecules/benzaldehyde
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 389.