Sensory properties of selected terpenes. Thresholds for odor, nasal pungency, nasal localization, and eye irritation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 648-651

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; CINEOLE; CUMENE; GERANIOL; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLVATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032452069     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10640.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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