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Comment by bookofjoe

2-Nonenal was discovered to be the source of "old person smell" 25 years ago and we're still waiting:

>2-Nonenal Newly Found in Human Body Odor Tends to Increase with Aging [2001]

From the paper's abstract: "2-Nonenal, an unsaturated aldehyde with an unpleasant greasy and grassy odor, was detected only in older subjects (40 y or older).

https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(15)41198-4/full...

parent bookofjoe 1 month ago

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