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Excretion and Perception of a Characteristic Odor in Urine after Asparagus Ingestion: a Psychophysical and Genetic Study

The urine of people who have recently eaten asparagus has a sulfurous odor, which is distinct and similar to cooked cabbage. Using a 2-alternative forced-choice procedure, we examined individual differences in both the production of the odorants and the perception of this asparagus odor in urine. We...

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Autores principales: Pelchat, Marcia Levin, Bykowski, Cathy, Duke, Fujiko F., Reed, Danielle R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20876394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjq081