Odor and (bio)diversity: single enantiomers of chiral fragrant substances.
Our sense of smell is enantioselective. This review reports interesting examples of single stereoisomers of natural and synthetic odorants, prepared via bioorganic routes, that support this statement. This article is the summary of a talk given at the Flavours & Fragrances 2004 conference in Manchester at the MCC/UMIST, 12-14 May, 2004.
Abate
Agnese
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica del Politecnico, Istituto CNR per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano.
Brenna
Elisabetta
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Fuganti
Claudio
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Gatti
Francesco G
FG
Serra
Stefano
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D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D010936:Plant Extracts