PubChem CID · CC0
methanol
Cooking relevance
Methanol (CID 887) is not a culinary ingredient and has no established cooking role. It is a toxic solvent that does not appear in food preparation or flavor development. No legitimate culinary application exists for methanol in any food context.
- aroma
- N/A – not used in cooking
- culinary role
- N/A – toxic; not a food ingredient
- mass spectra
- 1 verified
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from RHEA (EMBL-EBI/SIB) · peer-reviewed
oxaloacetate 4-methyl ester + H2O = methanol + oxaloacetate + H(+)
methane + NADH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NAD(+) + H2O
methane + NADPH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NADP(+) + H2O
monomethyl sulfate + H2O = methanol + sulfate + H(+)
Research associations
Literature-derived · peer-reviewed sources only · not medical advice
Foods containing this compound
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 887, 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 887
