"Radium" <glucegen1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1181502776.951307.22420@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My guess is the stink of ripe fruits is a result of a mixture of
> different organic substances, excluding the following:
>
> 1. putricine
>
> 2. ethylene [sweet smell]
>
> 3. butyric acid [or any acid/acidic substance for that matter]
>
> 4. ethanol [sweet smell resembling most alcoholic beverages]
>
> 4. chemicals resulting from fungus
>
> 5. chemicals resulting from decomposition
These all sound about right. However, ripe fruit smells nice. It's the
over-ripe fruit that starts to smell bad.
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