(卤)-1-翱肠迟别苍-3-辞濒 is an unsaturated alcohol that exists as two enantiomers, the (R)-(鈥�)-form and the (S)-(+)-form. It is found most often as the racemic mixture.
1-Octen-3-ol occurs naturally in some plants, fungi, and molds; and it is a metabolite of linoleic acid. It is also found in human breath and sweat, which is unfortunate because it attracts mosquitoes and other biting insects.
Like the previous two Molecules of the Week,聽rotenone听补苍诲听paraquat, it鈥檚 possible that 1-octen-3-ol plays a role in Parkinson鈥檚 disease. In 2013, J. W. Bennett and J. R. Richardson at Rutgers University and J. W. Miller at Emory University exposed fruit flies to low doses of the compound and observed that聽聽such as slow movement. Exposure also damaged dopamine-producing nerve cells in the flies鈥� brains, another Parkinson鈥檚 indication.
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