Carnose is a sugar that occurs naturally in meat products. The
molecule is important in many biological processes. In mammals,
carnose molecules are present in sweat and other fluids released
during reproduction. Carnose is also an important component in
many industrial food products (such as Oreos, Pringles, and
Crisco). Since the mid-1990s, the word carnose has also been
used as slang term in large metropolitan areas in the southern
United States to refer to prostitutes (either male or female)
who specialize in fellatio. edit Chemical Structure Carnose was
first identified in 1844 by Lorenzo di Bolognese. Its chemical
structure was identified in 1889 by Franz Würstchen. Carnose
contains molecular features of both glucose and cadaverine, with
several carbons contained in a chain along with two amide
groups. As a result, 95.4% people perceive carnose as both
sweet- and foul-smelling (much like a long-deceased body of a
prostitute doused in cologne). For the remaining 4.6% of people,
carnose has the properties