It has long been claimed that
schizophrenia patients exhibit a particular peculiar body odor, and it has been postulated the odor may be caused by underlying metabolic abnormalities associated with the condition, among other factors. Initial studies identified the causal component as TMHA, however, subsequent studies failed to reproduce such results, with subsequent researchers suggesting the initial research may have had misidentified impurities in samples as TMHA due to poor methodology. the 1988
Thomas Harris novel
The Silence of the Lambs, and the 2025 comic book
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 by
Deniz Camp and
Javier Rodríguez. ==References==