Awaken olfactory receptors of humans and experimental animals by coffee odourants to induce appetite

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 508-509

  Dorri, Yaser ^a,b   Sabeghi, Maryam ^c   Kurien, Biji T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Oklahoma City Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COFFEE; COOKING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; CHEMORECEPTORS; COFFEE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447258666     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.12.048     Document Type: Article

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