著者

Mika SHIRASU Kouki FUJIOKA Satoshi KAKISHIMA Shunji NAGAI Yasuko TOMIZAWA Hirokazu TSUKAYA Jin MURATA Yoshinobu MANOME Kazushige TOUHARA

出版者

(社)日本農芸化学会

雑誌

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ISSN:09168451)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.74, no.12, pp.2550-2554, 2010-12-23 (Released:2010-12-23)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

31

---

The titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, is a flowering plant with the largest inflorescence in the world. The flower emits a unique rotting animal-like odor that attracts insects for pollination. To determine the chemical identity of this characteristic odor, we performed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry analysis of volatiles derived from the inflorescence. The main odorant causing the smell during the flower-opening phase was identified as dimethyl trisulfide, a compound with a sulfury odor that has been found to be emitted from some vegetables, microorganisms, and cancerous wounds.