Occurrence
Reported found in over 100 food and beverages including coffee, roasted filberts, many berries, currants,
guava, grapes, melon, asparagus, cabbage, kohlrabi, celery, cucumber, potato, tomato, Scotch spearmint oil, parsley, breads, yogurt,
butter, boiled egg, fish, fish oil, cooked meats, cocoa, coffee, tea, roasted peanuts, pecan, popcorn, potato chips, oats, soybean,
avocado, prunes, mushroom, sesame seed oil, mango, cauliflower, broccoli, walnut, fig, coriander seed, rice, sweet potato, calamus,
licorice, buckwheat, sweet corn, malt, wort, cassava, endive, clary sage, shrimp, nectarines, okra, crab, clam, anise hyssop, maté,
Roman chamomile oil, angelica root oil and mastic gum oil.
Definition
ChEBI: 2-pentylfuran is a member of the class of furans that is furan in which the hydrogen at position 2 is replaced by a pentyl group. It is found in many heat-processed foods and drinks. It has a role as an Aspergillus metabolite, a human urinary metabolite, a volatile oil component, an insect repellent, a flavouring agent, a plant growth stimulator and a bacterial metabolite.
