Olfactory discrimination ability of human subjects for ten pairs of enantiomers

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-170

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Teubner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 0032890629     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.2.161     Document Type: Article

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