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isoamyl acetate

Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Banana.

Where the evidence names it

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 ↗

Identifiers

PubChem
CID 31276 (Isoamyl Acetate)
Formula
C7H14O2
InChIKey
MLFHJEHSLIIPHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikidata
Q221307
ChEBI
CHEBI:31725

Checked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.

WHAT THIS MEANS

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:isoamyl-acetate · Graph record (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). isoamyl acetate (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:isoamyl-acetate. https://smellbook.com/molecules/isoamyl-acetate

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.