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November 2009

Table of Contents:

Flavor Articles

Fusarium and Vanilla: Time to Worry?

Jeb Gleason-Allured, Editor

Flavor Bites: cis-3-Hexenoic Acid

John Wright

Molecule of the Month: trans-2-Dodecenal

Michael Zviely, CIC

Stimulating Creativity

David Baines

Comparative Analysis of Historical Peppermint Oil from Bulgaria and a Commercial Oil of North American Origin

Erich Schmidt, Juergen Wanner, Stefanie Bail, Leopold Jirovetz, Gerhard Buchbauer, Velizar Gochev, Tanya Girova, Ilia Iliev, Albena Stoyanova and Teodora Atanasova

Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials

Gerard Mosciano

Fragrance Articles

Human Olfaction: From the Nose to Receptors

Alex Veithen, Françoise Wilkin, Magali Philippeau and Pierre Chatelain

Progress in Essential Oils

Brian M. Lawrence