Talk:Alpha-Pinene
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The ponderosa pine bark has an odor that resembkes vanilla and butter scotch. The park service claims that the odor is caused by alpha pinene. My knowledge as a pharmacist inclines me to think that alpha pine has a pine odor. I will be grateful for any information.
Thank you David Mattichak email davmattATadelphia.net
- alpha-Pinene is a major constituent of turpentine, and it smells rather like that (as you might expect). I don't think it has a vanilla/butterscotch smell - but smells can be peculiar, depend on concentrations and other constituents, etc. The main constituent of vanilla is vanillin, an aromatic aldehyde. Can't help more, I'm afraid! Walkerma 05:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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A 3D image would help this article a lot. --Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 12:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
