Experimental and numerical determination of odorant solubility in nasal and olfactory mucosa

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 763-773

  Kurtz, Daniel B ^a   Zhao, Kai ^b   Hornung, David E ^c,d   Scherer, Peter ^b  

^a UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasal mucosa; Odorant solubility; Olfactory mucosa

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; BENZALDEHYDE; BUTANOL; CARVONE; DECALIN; DIPHENYL ETHER; LIMONENE; NAPHTHALENE; PENTYL ACETATE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE MUCOSA; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SMELLING; SOLUBILITY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION;

RANA CATESBEIANA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NASAL MUCOSA; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PERMEABILITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SOLUBILITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 16644388808     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh079     Document Type: Article

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