MOLECULE
Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Cherry.
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 ↗
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Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:benzyl-alcohol · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). benzyl alcohol (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 389. smellbook:molecule:benzyl-alcohol. https://smellbook.com/molecules/benzyl-alcohol
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 389.