Application of statistical thermodynamics to the olfaction mechanism

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Ben Lamine, A ^a   Bouazra, Y ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MODEL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030943172     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.1.67     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Beidler, L.M. (1954) A theory of taste stimulation. J. Gen. Physiol., 38, 133-139
2. Couture, L., Chahine, Ch. and Zitoun, R. (1989) Thermodynamique, Paris, Bordas.
3. Davies, J.T. (1971). Olfactory theories. In Handbook of Sensory Physiology. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Vol. IV, Part 1, Chap. 13.
4. Diu, B., Guthmann, C., Lederer, D. and Roulet, B. (1989a) Physique Statistique. Hermann, Paris, p. 410.
5. Diu B., Guthmann C., Lederer D. and Roulet B., (1989b) Physique Statistique, Hermann, Paris, pp. 676-687.
6. Greenberg, M.J. (1979) Dependence of odor intensity on the hydrophobic properties of molecules. A quantitative structure odor intensity relationship. J. Agric. Food Chem., 27, 347-352.
7. Howard, G.J. and McConnell, P. (1967) Adsorption of polymers at the solution-solid interface. J. Phys. Chem., 71, 2974-2980.
8. Keil, T.A. (1982) Contact of pore tubules and sensory dendrites in antennal chemosensible of a silkmoths: demonstration of a possible pathway for olfactory molecules. Tissue Cell, 14, 451-462.
9. Köster, E.P. (1994) In Martin, G. and Laffort, P. (eds), Odors and Deodorization in the Environment. VCH, New York, pp. 29-65.
10. Laffort, P. (1977) Some aspects of molecular recognition by chemoreceptors. In Le Magnen J. (ed.), Olfaction and Taste VI. IRL Press, London, pp. 17-25.
11. Laffort, P. (1994) In Martin, G. and Laffort, P. (eds), Odors and Deodorization in the Environment. VCH, New York, pp. 105-141.
12. Laffort, P. and Patte, F. (1976) Solubility factors in gas-liquid chromatography. Comparison between two approaches and application to some biological studies. J. Chromatogr., 126, 625-639.
13. Laffort, P. and Patte, F. (1987) Derivation of power law exponents from olfactory thresholds for pure substances. Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 510, 436-439.
14. Laffort, P., Patte, F. and Etcheto, M. (1974) Olfactory coding on the basis of physicochemical properties. Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 237, 193-208.
15. Nagai, K. and Hirachima, A. (1985) Excluded volume effects on reaction rates: a desorption rate version of the Langmuir isotherm. Chem. Phys. Lett., 118, 401-404.
16. Patte, F., Etcheto, M., Marfaing, P. and Laffort, P. (1989) Electroantennogram stimulus-response curves for 59 odourants in the honey bee, Apis mellifica. J. Insect. Physiol., 35, 667-675.
17. Randebrock, R.E., (1971) Molecular theory of odor with the α-helix as potential receptor. In Ohloff, G. Thomas, A.F. (eds), Gustation and Olfaction. Academic Press, London, pp. 111-125.
18. Tateda, H. (1967) Sugar receptor and α-amino acid in the rat. In Hayachi, T. (ed.), Olfaction and Taste II. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 383-397.
19. Wolkowski, Z.W., Moccati, D., Heymans, F. and Godfroid, J.J. (1977) A quantitative structure-activity approach to chemoreception: importance of lipophalic properties. J. Theor. Biol., 66, 181-193.
20. Wright, R.H. (1978) The perception of odor intensity: physics or psychophysics. Chem. Senses Flavor, 3, 73-79.
21. Wright, R.H. (1982). Odor and molecular volume. Chem. Senses, 7, 211-213.