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2-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone
PubChem CID 33931Formula C7H10O3MW 142.1560 food sources
Odor — measured
Measured odor descriptors · sourced from olfactory literature
candymeasuredsweetmeasuredcaramellicmeasuredodor_activemeasuredbutterscotchmeasured
Taste — measured
Measured taste class · sourced from taste-chemistry databases
sweetmeasured
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from RHEA (EMBL-EBI/SIB) · peer-reviewed
2-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone + NADP(+) = (2E)-2-ethylidene-4-hydroxy-5-methylfuran-3(2H)-one + NADPH + H(+)
Foods containing this compound
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 33931, public domain via NCBI. Culinary context + ingredient mappings are maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment fleet and continuously re-matched by the pairings engine. PubChem CID 33931
