Odour character differences for enantiomers correlate with molecular flexibility
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Odour character differences for enantiomers correlate with molecular flexibility.
The olfactory system sensitively discerns scents from many small molecules as the brain analyses signals from nasal receptors. These receptors are selective to some degree, though the mechanism for selectivity is still controversial. Enantiomers, chiral pairs of left- and right-handed structures, are an important class of molecules in assessing proposed mechanisms. We show that there is a corre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1742-5689,1742-5662
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0165