Why is meat red? What makes rancid butter smell so bad? Can nutmeg cause hallucinations? Ten chemical facts that can be useful in your daily life.
1. TheethyleneIt is a gas produced by the fruit when it ripens. Oranges are very sensitive to ethylene and spoil quickly.
2. Thebutyric acidIt is responsible for the unpleasant smell of rancid butter.
3. thelipstickIt is made with beeswax and oil. The oil is usually castor oil.
4. Thefructose(fruit sugar) is sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar).
5. Thegastric juices from the stomachthey have a pH of 1.6 to 1.8. They are more acidic than lemon juice (2.1).
6. ThetimolIt is used in the preservation of books to combat fungi. Present in nature in thyme and oregano, two aromatic herbs widely used for cooking.
7. ThemyoglobinIt is the pigment responsible for the color of red meat. The meat of an older animal will be darker.
8. ThemyristicinIt is a toxic alkaloid present in nutmeg that can cause hallucinations.
9. ThegeraniolIt is a fragrant natural alcohol present in flowers such as geraniums and roses. Bees use it to mark flowers with nectar.
10. ThetungstenIt is used as a filament in light bulbs. Its name derives from the Swedishheavy stone, which means “heavy stone”. As for neon tubes, the name of this element began to be used in New York and means “new.”
