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[Microbiology] Re: Questions about cheese and foot odor and chemicals

David Bostwick david.bostwick at chemistry.gatech.edu
Fri Jul 28 15:16:33 EST 2006


In article <1154115759.004877.234780 at 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Radium" <glucegen1 at excite.com> wrote:

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>I am interested in how the same chemical can have such different odors
>

It's not the same chemical.  Caproic acid may not smell quite the same to you 
as to someone else, but it will always smell the same to you.


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