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On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi
| On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi |
| Autore | Pelosi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.86 |
| Soggetto topico | Smell |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-102913-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; On the Scent: A Journey Through the Science of Smell; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Part 1: Smells and Molecules; 1: Molecules in the Air: Smells in Our Everyday Life; SURVIVAL AND PLEASURE; Using our nose to explore the environment; Signals of sex, food, danger; PERFUMES, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT; Creative perfumery; Chemistry and gastronomy; SMELL AND TASTE; ANOSMIA: BLINDNESS TO ODOURS; 2: Smells and Molecules: Chemical Analysis in the Nose; ODOURS ARE CARRIED BY MOLECULES; Good smells and bad odours; Smells are chemical messages
SMELL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTUREThe architecture of molecules; SIMPLE ODORANTS; Offensive odours; The effect of concentration; Pleasant odours; 3: Sniffing Our Way Around: A Walk Among Smells; AN OLFACTORY MAP OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; 4: The Olfactory Code: A Chemical Language; THE LANGUAGE OF SMELL; DECIPHERING THE CHEMICAL LANGUAGE OF OLFACTION; Complexity of olfactory messages; Breaking the olfactory code; Sharing olfactory experiences; How many basic odours?; THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; DECODING OLFACTORY MESSAGES; The pharmacological approach; Structure-odour relationships Part 2: Messengers of Sex and Danger5: Insect Pheromones: Fatal Attraction; LOVE, WARNING, DECEPTION; The magic of chemical attraction; Pheromones and odours; A BIT OF CHEMISTRY; The varied structures of insect pheromones; Pheromones can be complex blends; Amazing similarity and subtle differences; CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PHEROMONES ACROSS SPECIES; Puzzling coincidences; Deceptive messages from plants; Mating and death; PHEROMONES AS A CHEMICAL LANGUAGE; The complex communication in insect colonies; The ant colony as a superorganism; Chemical communication in social insects A chemical citizenshipNot solitary, yet not quite social; LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES; Smelling the prey; OF MEN AND MOSQUITOES; Mosquitoes need blood; Repellents to replace insecticides; Messages of danger or confusion?; The search for longer lasting repellents; CONCLUSION; 6: Mammalian Pheromones: Smelling Ranks and Kinship; SEX PHEROMONES; Mice and rats smell nutty; Repulsive to humans, but an aphrodisiac for pigs; The captivating scent of musk; Elephants . . . and insects; NOT SEX ALONE; Scent wars among mice; Smell and relax; An addictive drive to milk; PHEROMONES IN PRIMATES Part 3: Proteins and Smells7: The Biochemistry of Olfaction: Odorants Meet the Proteins; STEPS IN ODOUR PERCEPTION; THE FIRST ATTEMPTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY; A QUEST FOR OLFACTORY RECEPTORS; AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY; 8: Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Family of Versatile Molecules; THE BOVINE ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; First step: purification; Competition stimulates research; Second step: amino acid sequence; Third step: three-dimensional structure; The shapes of proteins; Solving the structure of a protein; The structure of the first OBP; Competition again; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS OF INSECTS CHEMOSENSORY PROTEINS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464963203321 |
Pelosi Paolo
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi
| On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi |
| Autore | Pelosi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.86 |
| Soggetto topico | Smell |
| ISBN | 0-19-102913-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; On the Scent: A Journey Through the Science of Smell; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Part 1: Smells and Molecules; 1: Molecules in the Air: Smells in Our Everyday Life; SURVIVAL AND PLEASURE; Using our nose to explore the environment; Signals of sex, food, danger; PERFUMES, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT; Creative perfumery; Chemistry and gastronomy; SMELL AND TASTE; ANOSMIA: BLINDNESS TO ODOURS; 2: Smells and Molecules: Chemical Analysis in the Nose; ODOURS ARE CARRIED BY MOLECULES; Good smells and bad odours; Smells are chemical messages
SMELL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTUREThe architecture of molecules; SIMPLE ODORANTS; Offensive odours; The effect of concentration; Pleasant odours; 3: Sniffing Our Way Around: A Walk Among Smells; AN OLFACTORY MAP OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; 4: The Olfactory Code: A Chemical Language; THE LANGUAGE OF SMELL; DECIPHERING THE CHEMICAL LANGUAGE OF OLFACTION; Complexity of olfactory messages; Breaking the olfactory code; Sharing olfactory experiences; How many basic odours?; THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; DECODING OLFACTORY MESSAGES; The pharmacological approach; Structure-odour relationships Part 2: Messengers of Sex and Danger5: Insect Pheromones: Fatal Attraction; LOVE, WARNING, DECEPTION; The magic of chemical attraction; Pheromones and odours; A BIT OF CHEMISTRY; The varied structures of insect pheromones; Pheromones can be complex blends; Amazing similarity and subtle differences; CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PHEROMONES ACROSS SPECIES; Puzzling coincidences; Deceptive messages from plants; Mating and death; PHEROMONES AS A CHEMICAL LANGUAGE; The complex communication in insect colonies; The ant colony as a superorganism; Chemical communication in social insects A chemical citizenshipNot solitary, yet not quite social; LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES; Smelling the prey; OF MEN AND MOSQUITOES; Mosquitoes need blood; Repellents to replace insecticides; Messages of danger or confusion?; The search for longer lasting repellents; CONCLUSION; 6: Mammalian Pheromones: Smelling Ranks and Kinship; SEX PHEROMONES; Mice and rats smell nutty; Repulsive to humans, but an aphrodisiac for pigs; The captivating scent of musk; Elephants . . . and insects; NOT SEX ALONE; Scent wars among mice; Smell and relax; An addictive drive to milk; PHEROMONES IN PRIMATES Part 3: Proteins and Smells7: The Biochemistry of Olfaction: Odorants Meet the Proteins; STEPS IN ODOUR PERCEPTION; THE FIRST ATTEMPTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY; A QUEST FOR OLFACTORY RECEPTORS; AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY; 8: Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Family of Versatile Molecules; THE BOVINE ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; First step: purification; Competition stimulates research; Second step: amino acid sequence; Third step: three-dimensional structure; The shapes of proteins; Solving the structure of a protein; The structure of the first OBP; Competition again; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS OF INSECTS CHEMOSENSORY PROTEINS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798378903321 |
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Pelosi Paolo
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi
| On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / / Paolo Pelosi |
| Autore | Pelosi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.86 |
| Soggetto topico | Smell |
| ISBN | 0-19-102913-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; On the Scent: A Journey Through the Science of Smell; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Part 1: Smells and Molecules; 1: Molecules in the Air: Smells in Our Everyday Life; SURVIVAL AND PLEASURE; Using our nose to explore the environment; Signals of sex, food, danger; PERFUMES, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT; Creative perfumery; Chemistry and gastronomy; SMELL AND TASTE; ANOSMIA: BLINDNESS TO ODOURS; 2: Smells and Molecules: Chemical Analysis in the Nose; ODOURS ARE CARRIED BY MOLECULES; Good smells and bad odours; Smells are chemical messages
SMELL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTUREThe architecture of molecules; SIMPLE ODORANTS; Offensive odours; The effect of concentration; Pleasant odours; 3: Sniffing Our Way Around: A Walk Among Smells; AN OLFACTORY MAP OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; 4: The Olfactory Code: A Chemical Language; THE LANGUAGE OF SMELL; DECIPHERING THE CHEMICAL LANGUAGE OF OLFACTION; Complexity of olfactory messages; Breaking the olfactory code; Sharing olfactory experiences; How many basic odours?; THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; DECODING OLFACTORY MESSAGES; The pharmacological approach; Structure-odour relationships Part 2: Messengers of Sex and Danger5: Insect Pheromones: Fatal Attraction; LOVE, WARNING, DECEPTION; The magic of chemical attraction; Pheromones and odours; A BIT OF CHEMISTRY; The varied structures of insect pheromones; Pheromones can be complex blends; Amazing similarity and subtle differences; CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PHEROMONES ACROSS SPECIES; Puzzling coincidences; Deceptive messages from plants; Mating and death; PHEROMONES AS A CHEMICAL LANGUAGE; The complex communication in insect colonies; The ant colony as a superorganism; Chemical communication in social insects A chemical citizenshipNot solitary, yet not quite social; LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES; Smelling the prey; OF MEN AND MOSQUITOES; Mosquitoes need blood; Repellents to replace insecticides; Messages of danger or confusion?; The search for longer lasting repellents; CONCLUSION; 6: Mammalian Pheromones: Smelling Ranks and Kinship; SEX PHEROMONES; Mice and rats smell nutty; Repulsive to humans, but an aphrodisiac for pigs; The captivating scent of musk; Elephants . . . and insects; NOT SEX ALONE; Scent wars among mice; Smell and relax; An addictive drive to milk; PHEROMONES IN PRIMATES Part 3: Proteins and Smells7: The Biochemistry of Olfaction: Odorants Meet the Proteins; STEPS IN ODOUR PERCEPTION; THE FIRST ATTEMPTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY; A QUEST FOR OLFACTORY RECEPTORS; AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY; 8: Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Family of Versatile Molecules; THE BOVINE ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; First step: purification; Competition stimulates research; Second step: amino acid sequence; Third step: three-dimensional structure; The shapes of proteins; Solving the structure of a protein; The structure of the first OBP; Competition again; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS OF INSECTS CHEMOSENSORY PROTEINS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815604103321 |
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Pelosi Paolo
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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