Correlated odour threshold bimodality of two out of three synthetic musks.
The odour threshold bimodality for exaltolide described by Whissell-Buechy & Amoore (1973) among American whites is confirmed for a population sample in London. A highly correlated bimodality presumed to be caused by the absence of inactivity of certain receptor sites is shown to exist for another structurally different musk substance, musk ambrette. The thresholds for musk ketone show no bimodality and their correlation with the thresholds for the two other musks is low.
D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants; D010465:Perception; D012903:Smell
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