Chemicals in laboratory room air stimulate olfactory neurons of female Bombyx mori

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Ziesmann, J ^a   Valterova, I ^b   Haberkorn, K ^a   De Brito Sanchez, M G ^a   Kaissling, K E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOIC ACID; ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL AGENT; CINEOLE; DECANOIC ACID; DECANOL; GERANYL ACETATE; LIMONENE; NONANOIC ACID; NONANOL; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOL; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

EID: 0033953466     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.1.31     Document Type: Article

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