Garbodello wrote:


"Radium" wrote in message
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My guess is the stink of ripe fruits is a result of a mixture of
different organic substances, excluding the following:

1. putricine

product of decay of proteins (nitrogen containing compounds)

2. ethylene [sweet smell]

really fairly odorless

3. butyric acid [or any acid/acidic substance for that matter]

smells sort of goatlike, is this what you percieve

4. ethanol [sweet smell resembling most alcoholic beverages]

this is a product of fruit decay

4. chemicals resulting from fungus

whay to say this?

5. chemicals resulting from decomposition

all of the above are the results of decomposition to some degree.




These all sound about right. However, ripe fruit smells nice. It's the
over-ripe fruit that starts to smell bad.



j.