Detection thresholds for phenyl ethyl alcohol using serial dilutions in different solvents

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Tsukatani, Toshiaki ^a,b   Miwa, Takaki ^b   Furukawa, Mitsuru ^b   Costanzo, Richard M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Headspace gas; Human detection threshold; Olfaction; Partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MINERAL OIL; PHENYL ETHYL ALCOHOL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DILUTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CALIBRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; KINETICS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SMELL; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842524255     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/28.1.25     Document Type: Article

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