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- Title
Chemical Identity of a Rotting Animal-Like Odor Emitted from the Inflorescence of the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum).
- Authors
Shirasu, Mika; Fujioka, Kouki; Kakishima, Satoshi; Nagai, Shunji; Tomizawa, Yasuko; Tsukaya, Hirokazu; Murata, Jin; Manome, Yoshinobu; Touhara, Kazushige
- Abstract
The article discusses a study regarding the chemical characteristics of the rotting-animal like odor being emitted by the flowering plant Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum). The study used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry olfactometry (GC-MS-O) to analyzed the volatile compounds taken from the inflorescence of a titan arum at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Tokyo in Japan. Results show that dimethyl trisulfide is the main odorant which causes the odor at the flowering stage.
- Subjects
TOKYO (Japan); JAPAN; FRAGRANCE of flowers; AMORPHOPHALLUS; INFLORESCENCES; OLFACTOMETRY; SULFIDES; TOKYO Daigaku
- Publication
Bioscience, Biotechnology & Biochemistry, 2010, Vol 74, Issue 12, p2550
- ISSN
0916-8451
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1271/bbb.100692