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bookofjoetoday at 1:55 PM1 replyview on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Nonenal

>2-Nonenal Newly Found in Human Body Odor Tends to Increase with Aging [2001]

From the paper's abstract: "2-Nonenal, an unsaturated aldehyde with an unpleasant greasy and grassy odor, was detected only in older subjects (40 y or older).

https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(15)41198-4/full...

The fact that it's been 25 years since the causative chemical with a "unpleasant greasy and grassy odor" was discovered and yet there's still no counteracting substance available is very surprising.


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kurthrtoday at 2:12 PM

The Japanese have been obsessed with it since the study came out and have a variety of treatments (tannins in persimmons and greentea) though none have passed large scale clinical trials :)

I was fed a YT video about it recently so it must be part of the "moment". Also a topic on menopause blogs from searching.

https://asayujapan.com/blogs/asayu-blog/persimmon-soap-answe...

https://miraiclinical.com/pages/why-this-ucla-trained-anti-a...

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