Nature’s Chemical Signatures in Human Olfaction: A Foodborne Perspective for Future Biotechnology

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Nature uses characteristic ratios of just 3-40 key odorants (out of ~10,000 food volatiles) to define the smell of each food, suggesting these 'chemical signatures' co-evolved with and optimally activate our ~400 olfactory receptors.

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