3-Methylbutanoic acid, or more commonly isovaleric acid, is a natural fatty acid found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils. Isovaleric acid has a strong pungent cheesy or sweaty smell, but its volatile esters have pleasing scents and are used widely in perfumery.
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3-Methylbutanoic acid, or more commonly isovaleric acid, is a natural fatty acid found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils. Isovaleric acid is clear colorless liquid that is sparingly solu...
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Isovaleric acid ( also called Isopentanoic acid ) is a member of the series of fatty acids of colorless liquid with a penetrating aroma;
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Isovaleric acid [3-Methylbutanoic acid] smells like sweat. It is responsible for some of the odor in a locker room, for example. Menashe, I., Abaffy, T., Hasin, Y., Goshen, S., Yahalom, V., Luetje, C.W. and Lancet, D. (2007) Genetic Elucidation of Human Hyperosmia to Isovaleric Acid.
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A strong association signal was observed between the single nucleotide polymorphism variants in OR11H7P and sensitivity to the odorant isovaleric acid. Citation: Menashe I, Abaffy T, Hasin Y, Goshen S, Yahalom V, et al. (2007) Genetic Elucidation of Human Hyperosmia to Isovaleric Acid.
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Butanoic acid, 3-methyl Butanoic acid, 3-methyl 99.00%
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CCOHS Chemical Name: Isovaleric acid Isovaleric acid is one of four different chemical forms (isomers) of valeric acid. It is commercially available as a pure acid.
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Conversion of L-Leucine to Isovaleric Acid by Propionibacterium freudenreichii TL 34 and ITGP23 (18). While the presence of PAB has been associated with the presence of isovaleric acid in controlled-flora Swiss cheese (28),
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Product Name: Isovaleric acid, 99% RTECS #: NY1400000 ISOVALERIC ACID IRRITATION DATA SKN-RBT 470 MG OPEN MOD UCDS** 1/31/1972 SKN-RBT 500 MG/24H MOD FCTXAV 17...
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