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Blue agave

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Blue agave

What it is

Blue agave is Agave tequilana, a succulent plant whose core, the piña, is harvested and cooked to make tequila.

What it tastes like

The house reads it as agave nectar, green, earthy ✳ — a known palate, not yet a cited measurement.

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

3 compounds are on file for it, none yet with a paper the library can cite — we are sourcing it.

On file, no cited source yet ✳

These molecules are on record for it from the library's earlier sources. We are buying and requesting the papers; each one that lands moves its molecule up into the cited list.

  • 3,9-Dihydroeucominflavonoid
  • 7,4'-Dihydroxyhomoisoflavanoneflavonoid
  • (-)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanoneflavonoid