Definition of "nonanal" [nonanal]

• An alkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour, used in flavouring and perfumery. (noun)

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• "Of the four ingredients that dominated the human odors, the team found one, called nonanal, that for unknown reasons was also present at high levels in the bird samples."
• "The source, a substance called nonanal, emits a fruity or floral odor and also is made commercially, used in manufacturing perfumes and flavors."
• "Borage Borage is a medium-sized Mediterranean native, Borago officinalis, with bright blue flowers and large, fuzzy leaves that have the distinct flavor of cucumber, thanks to enzymes that convert its fatty acids into the same nine-carbon chain nonanal produced by cucumber enzymes."