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Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
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Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas (amyl acetate), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
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“Amyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amyl. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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amyl
noun
am·yl
ˈam-əl 
: a univalent hydrocarbon radical C5H11 that occurs in various isomeric forms and is derived from pentane
called also pentyl
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