Just noticeable differences in component concentrations modify the odor quality of a blending mixture

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Le Berre, E ^a,b   Beno N ^a   Ishii, A ^a   Chabanet, C ^a   Etievant P ^a   Thomas Danguin, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Discrimination; Odor typicality; Olfactory perception; Ternary mixtures

Indexed keywords

ALPHA IONONE; ETHYLMALTOL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PINEAPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 43549114049     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn006     Document Type: Article

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