Olfactory discrimination ability for aliphatic esters in squirrel monkeys and humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-465

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Freyer, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PENTANOLS; SAIMIRI; SMELL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030801426     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.4.457     Document Type: Article

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