Aroma extract dilution analysis detected 36 odour-active compounds in cardboard, with vanillin, (E)-2-nonenal, γ-nonalactone, 2-methoxyphenol and δ-decalactone among the most intense, and moistening the cardboard released them extensively.
Cardboard samples analysed in one study; cardboard varies with its fibres, recycling and storage.SRC-CARDBOARD-2009 · PRIMARY
Odor-Active Compounds in Cardboard
Michael Czerny & Andrea Buettner · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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