Mean olfactory responses to six alcohols (butanol...nonanol) and three acids (heptanoic, octanoic and nonanoic acid) following pre-stimulation with methyl, ethyl and propyl acetates
| . | Test odour . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestimulation . | Butanol . | Pentanol . | Hexanol . | Heptanol . | Octanol . | Nonanol . | Heptanoic acid . | Octanoic acid . | Nonanoic acid . | ||||||||
| Propyl acetate | 27.06 | 27.51 | 32.31 | 24.36 | −6.94 | −39.60 | 33.77 | 31.84 | −29.59 | ||||||||
| (6.77) | (6.04) | (4.37) | (6.84) | (6.09) | (5.00) | (3.42) | (3.69) | (2.81) | |||||||||
| Ethyl acetate | 33.48 | 35.88 | 39.52 | 26.70 | −16.67 | −43.94 | 27.42 | 25.66 | 4.44 | ||||||||
| (5.28) | (3.48) | (4.72) | (4.96) | (2.57) | (3.97) | (4.00) | (3.60) | (3.93) | |||||||||
| Methyl acetate | 0.11 | 10.98 | 11.04 | 45.56 | −3.03 | −42.18 | −5.02 | −8.89 | 5.48 | ||||||||
| (3.49) | (3.06) | (4.17) | (2.58) | (3.05) | (3.25) | (6.07) | (2.74) | (5.29) | |||||||||
| Control | 40.45 | 38.61 | 41.21 | 32.60 | 3.14 | −48.51 | 36.58 | 32.61 | 12.01 | ||||||||
| (6.20) | (10.40) | (2.12) | (5.33) | (5.18) | (2.68) | (5.88) | (4.75) | (5.74) | |||||||||
| . | Test odour . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestimulation . | Butanol . | Pentanol . | Hexanol . | Heptanol . | Octanol . | Nonanol . | Heptanoic acid . | Octanoic acid . | Nonanoic acid . | ||||||||
| Propyl acetate | 27.06 | 27.51 | 32.31 | 24.36 | −6.94 | −39.60 | 33.77 | 31.84 | −29.59 | ||||||||
| (6.77) | (6.04) | (4.37) | (6.84) | (6.09) | (5.00) | (3.42) | (3.69) | (2.81) | |||||||||
| Ethyl acetate | 33.48 | 35.88 | 39.52 | 26.70 | −16.67 | −43.94 | 27.42 | 25.66 | 4.44 | ||||||||
| (5.28) | (3.48) | (4.72) | (4.96) | (2.57) | (3.97) | (4.00) | (3.60) | (3.93) | |||||||||
| Methyl acetate | 0.11 | 10.98 | 11.04 | 45.56 | −3.03 | −42.18 | −5.02 | −8.89 | 5.48 | ||||||||
| (3.49) | (3.06) | (4.17) | (2.58) | (3.05) | (3.25) | (6.07) | (2.74) | (5.29) | |||||||||
| Control | 40.45 | 38.61 | 41.21 | 32.60 | 3.14 | −48.51 | 36.58 | 32.61 | 12.01 | ||||||||
| (6.20) | (10.40) | (2.12) | (5.33) | (5.18) | (2.68) | (5.88) | (4.75) | (5.74) | |||||||||
Standard errors are given in parentheses. For full details of pre-stimulation procedures and test doses, see Materials and methods.