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Volume 155, Number 11 (March 13, 1999)

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The sweet smell of serum

Molecules that confer a distinctive odor on individuals circulate in the blood, apparently bound to proteins that normally mask the smell.

References:

Yamazaki, K., et al. 1999. Odortypes: Their origin and composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(Feb. 16):1522.

Sources:

Kunio Yamazaki
Monell Chemical Senses Center
3500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 11, March 13, 1999, p. 174. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.


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