Olfactory mucosa/air partitioning of odorants

• Published in: Brain research Vol. 413; no. 1; p. 147
• Main Authors: Hornung, D E, Youngentob, S L, Mozell, M M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 09.06.1987
• Subjects: 1-Butanol; Animals; Butanols - metabolism; Butyrates - metabolism; Isobutyrates; Octanes - metabolism; Odorants; Olfactory Mucosa - metabolism; Pentanols - metabolism; Rana catesbeiana; Smell - physiology

The present study evaluates the contribution of the receptor cell compartment to the total mucosal odorant uptake. Using radioactive odorants, partition coefficients for normal bullfrog olfactory mucosa were compared to the partition coefficients from mucosa in which the receptor cells had been remo...