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SUBMITTER: Poivet E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822015 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160404
Associating an odorant's chemical structure with its percept is a long-standing challenge. One hindrance may come from the adoption of the organic chemistry scheme of molecular description and classification. Chemists classify molecules according to characteristics that are useful in synthesis or isolation, but which may be of little importance to a biological sensory system. Accordingly, we look to medicinal chemistry, which emphasizes biological function over chemical form, in an attempt to di ...[more]