Skip Navigation

Right arrow Return to article


Table 1 Details of odorants employed as materials
Veridical name(s)
 Chemical name
 Dilution
 Source
Rancid/manure/rotting butyric acid 10% v/v in 12% ethanol LU Stores
Earthy/musty/mouldy 2-ethyl fenchol neata Bedoukian 818
Cinnamon cinnamaldehyde 97% neat Ajax Chemicals D3247
Pine/woody/resinous {alpha}-pinene neat Aldrich P4570-2
Aniseed/liquorice anethole neat BDH Chemicals
Coconut {gamma}-nonalactone neat Bedoukian 452
Fatty/oily 2,4-nonadien-1-al neat Bedoukian 363
Pineapple-like Ethyl 3(2-furyl) propanoate 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 852
Banana-like amyl acetate 95% 400 p.p.m. in 12% ethanol in pilot study; 200 p.p.m. in expt 1 BDH Chemicals 27211
Buttery/malolactic diacetyl 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Sigma D3634
Caramel/maple 5-ethyl-4-methyl-3-hydroxy furanone 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 875
Pear (Bartlett) ethyl 2,4-decadienoate 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 433
Cloves oil of clove 10% v/v in 12% ethanol in pilot study; 5% v/v in expt 1 BDH Chemicals 36063
Ripe or rotting fruit/apple ethanal 99.5% 100 p.p.m. in distilled water in pilot study; 400 p.p.m. in expt 1 BDH Chemicals 270034L
Coriander wood/citrus/Muscat linalool 95-97% 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Sigma L-5255
Floral/rose/sweet rose oxide neat Bedoukian 480
Green/herbal/leafy/vegetal/apple trans-2-hexenal 200 p.p.m. in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 350
Mint/peppermint R-carvone neat Sigma
Nutty/sweet 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan 10% v/v in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 858
Mushroom 1-octen-3-ol neat Sigma
Smoky/leather/tobacco ethyl-3-hydroxy hexanoate neat Bedoukian 434
Grape-like/foxy ethyl anthranilate neat Bedoukian 552
Soapy/sour capric acid 0.13 g in 12% ethanol Bedoukian 882
Herbaceous/tobacco {gamma}-hexalactone neat Bedoukian 449
Citrus/floral nerol BRI neat Bedoukian 449
Vanilla/oak ethylvanillin prop. glycol acetate neat Bedoukian 831
Vinegar/sour/acetic acetic acid 100% 5% v/v in distilled water LU Stores
Melon cis-5-octen-1-ol neat Bedoukian 168
Honey/roseb phenylethyl 2-furoate neat Bedoukian 869
Woody/green-floralb
 nerolidol
 neat
 Bedoukian 712
aNeat refers to 0.5 ml solution in the 10 ml glass bottle.
bRefers to odorants used in the pilot study but excluded from the subsequent stimulus set.





Right arrow Return to article