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So like what happens if you inhale wasabi? The article on Wasabi says smell, smelling salts are not actually olfactory. The article was a few paragraph press
by Johnny555 6y ago
So like what happens if you inhale wasabi?
The article on Wasabi says smell, smelling salts are not actually olfactory.
The article was a few paragraph press release meant for mainstream news, not a technical description.
Elsewhere you can find more details:
Wasabi has a pungent odor that irritates the nose, and it was this property of the plant that was used for the fire alarm
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When wasabi has been grated, the allyl isothiocyanate contained in it is broken down by an enzyme and becomes a bitter gas that stimulates the nervous system. Surprisingly, it can wake people up, both hearing-impaired and non-hearing-impaired alike, within a period of 10 seconds to two minutes, according to the experiments
https://web-japan.org/trends/11_sci-tech/sci120315.html https://web-japan.org/trends/11_sci-tech/sci120315.html
- aaron695 6y agoSo you'd be lightly macing them. I think it would be hard to get the dosage correct in a room with fans and airconditioning and windows that may or may not be on. And fun to test every 6 months. But it is interesting.