Odor detection

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2002.06.27 at 17:59:56(9023) >I am still surprised by the eagerness to blame this on anything else but >your noses. I told you before that the chemical analysis of the scent is >nearly 100% anise-oil. This is a pure scientific result. Now those who don't >smell it obviously have a deficiency not those who do smell it. As an undergraduate, I did some research into the heritability of the ability to detect the bitter taste of various substances. For several types of these substances, there are demonstrably "tasters" and "non-tasters" and that the ability to taste them is genetically linked. While I know of no scientific studies in this area currently under discussion (i.e. the compounds in aroid floral odors), it would not be unreasonable that similar mechanisms might exist. -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com

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