Template:Did you know nominations/Asparagusic acid


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:47, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Asparagusic acid

 * ... that the metabolites of asparagusic acid cause urine to have the distinctive 'asparagus urine' odour?


 * ALT1:... that Proust compared the odour of urine after eating asparagus to "a flask of perfume"?
 * ALT2:... that the odour of urine after eating asparagus, which was described by Arbuthnot as "foetid" and by Benjamin Franklin as "disagreeable", was compared to "a flask of perfume" by Marcel Proust?
 * ALT3:... that the odour of urine after eating asparagus, described by John Arbuthnot as "foetid", cannot be detected by some people?
 * Reviewed: Marine mammal

5x expanded by EdChem (talk). Self-nominated at 13:36, 24 June 2016 (UTC).
 * The bot had a look at this at my request when the work was incomplete, and I have removed that post to avoid confusing the reviewing. Now that it is complete with a proper QPQ etc, I'd be happy for the bot to comment again.  Or not.  Up to you.  EdChem (talk) 06:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. All the hooks conform to the DYK criteria and are well-covered by the Smithsonian source. The article is neutral and I did not detect any copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I chose Alt 2. It fits the length, so why not? It's more interesting Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:39, 5 July 2016 (UTC)