Enantioselectivity of odor perception in squirrel monkeys and humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 4 46-4, 1999, Pages

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Liesen, Anne ^a   Teubner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirality; Enantiomers; Nonhuman primates; Odor discrimination; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANOL; CAMPHOR; CARVONE; CITRONELLOL; LIMONENE; MENTHOL; PINENE; TERPINEOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

EID: 0032718563     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.4.r1098     Document Type: Article

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