Biology of Floral Scent
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| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Subject: | Flowers--Morphogenesis --Molecular aspects, Flowers--Odor, Plant osmophors, Pollination by insects |
| Authors: | Natalia Dudareva , Eran Pichersky |
| Pages: | 360 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9781420004007 |
| Call No: | QK 653. B55 2006 |
As with nearly all living creatures, humans have always been attracted and intrigued by floral scents. Yet, while we have been manufacturing perfumes for at least 5000 years to serve a myriad of religious, sexual, and medicinal purposes, until very recently, the limitation of our olfactory faculty has greatly hindered our capacity to clearly and objectively measure scent. Today, thanks to advances in practical methodologies and affordable instrumentation, we are now able to collect, separate, and identify volatile compounds with aromatic impact. These advances are leading to much intensive investigation that has already resulted in many highly insightful and useful discoveries.