Re: Why do ripe fruits - especially when canned - smell bad?

Garbodello wrote:

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> "Radium" <glucegen1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> My guess is the stink of ripe fruits is a result of a mixture of
>> different organic substances, excluding the following:
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>> 1. putricine

product of decay of proteins (nitrogen containing compounds)
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>> 2. ethylene [sweet smell]

really fairly odorless
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>> 3. butyric acid [or any acid/acidic substance for that matter]

smells sort of goatlike, is this what you percieve
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>> 4. ethanol [sweet smell resembling most alcoholic beverages]

this is a product of fruit decay
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>> 4. chemicals resulting from fungus

whay to say this?
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>> 5. chemicals resulting from decomposition

all of the above are the results of decomposition to some degree.


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> 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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j.