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What can smell like rotten potatoes?
Solanine is safe in small amounts, but the fumes created from high levels of this substance can be poisonous if they are inhaled. To reduce the risk of solanine poisoning, toss any potatoes that are soft and mushy, have sprouted eyes or are especially green in color.
What does it mean when you smell potatoes?
An olfactory hallucination (phantosmia) makes you detect smells that aren't really present in your environment. The odors detected in phantosmia vary from person to person and may be foul or pleasant. They can occur in one or both nostrils. The phantom smell may seem to always be present or it may come and go.
Why do I keep smelling rotten potatoes?
Trimethylaminuria is a disorder in which the body is unable to break down trimethylamine, a chemical compound that has a pungent odor. Trimethylamine has been described as smelling like rotting fish, rotting eggs, garbage, or urine.
What does solanine smell like?
Thankfully there are two common signs that a potato has developed dangerous levels of solanine: they can give off a bitter smell, and their skin may turn a shade of green.
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