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  • Treyer et al., (2006) Male subjects who could not perceive the pheromone 5a-Androst-16-en-3-one, produced similar orbitofrontal changes on PET compared with perceptible phenylethyl alcohol (rose).

    Dr. Douglas Fields: For Men Only: Why Roses Work Dr. Douglas Fields 2011

  • Treyer et al., (2006) Male subjects who could not perceive the pheromone 5a-Androst-16-en-3-one, produced similar orbitofrontal changes on PET compared with perceptible phenylethyl alcohol (rose).

    Dr. Douglas Fields: For Men Only: Why Roses Work Dr. Douglas Fields 2011

  • Tequila and mezcal have distinctive flavors that include roasty aromas, but also flowery ones (linalool, damascenone, phenylethyl alcohol), and vanilla (vanillin).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Tequila and mezcal have distinctive flavors that include roasty aromas, but also flowery ones (linalool, damascenone, phenylethyl alcohol), and vanilla (vanillin).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • It is nature’s richest source of a specific volatile mustard oil, phenylethyl isothiocyanate PEITC, shown in many animal, and of late human, studies to fight cancer cells.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

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