producing pungent odors. The levels of methionine dropped quickly in tissues extracted a few hours later. What came as a surprise, Schaller says, was the detection of elevated levels of another ...
Can smells be bad for you? Most of us recall situations where a pungent odor—say, from a sewer, trash sitting outside, or a dirty public bathroom with a strong odor of urine—made us want to run away. ...
Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...