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On the scent : a journey through the science of smell /
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| Natura: | Printed Book |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2016
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| Edizione: | First edition. |
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Sommario:
- 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.