Nasal pungency and odor of homologous aldehydes and carboxylic acids

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-188

  Cometto Muñiz, J Enrique ^a   Cain, William S ^a   Abraham, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldehydes and acids; Chemosensory thresholds; Olfaction; Sensory irritation, mode of action; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUCOSA; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE IRRITATION; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAPOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALDEHYDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NOSE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031983497     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050270     Document Type: Article

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