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Blackcurrants & Cat Urine

The Chemistry of Blackcurrants

05-Jul-2016

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Blackcurrants & Cat Urine

Blackcurrants and cat urine. Two things you probably wouldn’t expect to have a whole lot in common, if anything. However, to some, blackcurrants and blackcurrant bushes can have a distinct smell of cat urine, and the chemistry behind this strange phenomenon reveals an unexpected link between our unlikely combination of protagonists.

Topics
  • glycosides
  • anthocyanins
  • p-mentha-8-thiol-3-one
  • 4-methoxy-2-methyl-…
  • 4-thio-4-methylpentan-2-one
  • ketones
  • thiols
  • ascorbic acid
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