Evaluation of the Masking of Dimethyl Sulfide Odors by Citronellal, Limonene and Citral through the Use of Trained Odor Sensor Mice

• Published in: Chemical senses Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 57 - 65
• Main Authors: OSADA, Kazumi, HANAWA, Masaaki, TSUNODA, Kenji, IZUMI, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Aldehydes - chemistry; Aldehydes - pharmacology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Citrus; Cyclohexenes - chemistry; Cyclohexenes - pharmacology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mice; Models, Animal; Molecular Structure; Monoterpenes - chemistry; Monoterpenes - pharmacology; Odorants; Olfaction. Taste; Olfactory Perception - drug effects; Olfactory Perception - physiology; Perception; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Sulfides - chemistry; Terpenes - chemistry; Terpenes - pharmacology; Evaluation; dimethyl sulfide; Rodentia; odor masking; citronellal; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Y maze; Mouse; Animal; Olfaction; oral malodor; Perception; Masking; Odor

Previous studies indicate that the most common result of mixing two odors is the decreased olfactory perception of one or both components in the mixture. An excellent example of this phenomenon is provided by the masking of an unpleasant odor by a pleasant odor. This study hypothesized that dimethyl...