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

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Pelosi, Paolo
التنسيق: Printed Book
منشور في: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
الطبعة:First edition.
الموضوعات:
جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.