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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofhexanoic acid
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Add a few carbon and hydrogen atoms and you get ethyl hexanoate, which has a pineapple smell.
The Tastemaker in Her Flavor Factory Alexandra Alter 2011
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This has meant injecting the scent of a kiwi into oysters (it turns out they both share methyl hexanoate, a chemical with a fruity pineapple-like taste).
GOOD Peter Smith 2010
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Following gelation, the surface was activated with 200 μl of a solution containing 1 mM Sulfosuccinimidyl-6 - [4-azido-2-nitrophen ylamino] hexanoate (Sulfo-SANPAH; Pierce, Rockford,
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ramaswamy Krishnan et al. 2009
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