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On the scent : a journey through the science of smell /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pelosi, Paolo
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
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300 |a xiv, 267 pages :  |b illustrations ; 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-263) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Smells and molecules. Molecules in the air : smells in our everyday life -- Smells and molecules : chemical analysis in the nose -- Sniffing our way around : a walk among smells -- The olfactory code : a chemical language -- 2. Messengers of sex and danger. Insect pheromones : fatal attraction -- Mammalian pheromones : smelling ranks and kinship -- 3. Proteins and smells. The biochemistry of olfaction : odorants meet the proteins -- Odorant-binding proteins : a family of versatile molecules -- Receptors and beyond : from odorants to emotions -- 4. At the edge of imagination. Science or magic? : the debate on human pheromones -- Digital olfaction : detecting and reproducing smells -- Conclusion. 
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