SMILES:
CCCCCC1OC1\C=C\C=O
Aroma Description:
citrus, metallic, green, aldehydic1
Notes:
This is the main compound responsible for metallic and bloody odors. The human nose is more than 10x as sensitive to the (-)-enantiomer than to the (+)-enantiomer.2, 3, 4
| Receptor | Expression | log10 EC50 | Adj. Top | Antagonist? | Correlated Perceptual Qualities |
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SMILES:
CCCCCC1OC1\C=C\C=O
Aroma Description:
citrus, metallic, green, aldehydic
| Receptor | Expr.% | Agonist? | Dock Score | Known agonist | Correlated Perceptual Qualities |
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Dock Score is a measure of how strongly the algorithm thinks the odorant is likely to be an agonist of the receptor.
Receptors in italics are "orphans", i.e. receptors whose agonists have not been identified experimentally.
1.) The Good Scents Company
2.) Leffingwell
3.) Colleen Lawless, Lauren E Simonitis, John A Finarelli, Graham M Hughes. Decoding Deception: The binding affinity of cuttlefish ink on shark smell receptors. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2025;, jkaf001.
4.) McGee, Harold. Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells. Penguin Publishing Group (2020). ISBN 9781984881878, 1984881876