Tertiary Alcohols with Earthy Odor

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2806-2809

  Napolitano, Elio ^a   Giovani, Elena ^a   Ceccarelli, Nello ^a   Pelosi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthy odor; Geosmin; Olfaction; Tertiary alcohols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000836303     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960239s     Document Type: Article

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