Molecular structure
methanol
Cooking relevance
Methanol (CID 887) is not a culinary ingredient and has no established cooking role. It is a toxic solvent that does not appear in food preparation or flavor development. No legitimate culinary application exists for methanol in any food context.
- aroma
- N/A – not used in cooking
- culinary role
- N/A – toxic; not a food ingredient
- mass spectra
- 8 experimental spectra
Mass spectrum
A real measured fragmentation pattern · 1 of 8 experimental spectra
Sensory signature
How this molecule tastes and smells · gold is measured, dashed is a model estimate
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from curated biochemical databases · peer-reviewed
oxaloacetate 4-methyl ester + H2O = methanol + oxaloacetate + H(+)
methane + NADH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NAD(+) + H2O
methane + NADPH + O2 + H(+) = methanol + NADP(+) + H2O
monomethyl sulfate + H2O = methanol + sulfate + H(+)
Research associations
Literature-derived · peer-reviewed sources only · not medical advice
Research papers
195 peer-reviewed papers reference this compound · top-cited shown
Foods containing this compound
Verified Data
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