Chemo-biological analysis applied to the olfaction field

Human are surrounded by numerous molecules in the air from a limited number of olfactory receptors [1], and one odor is not caused by only one compound but by a mixture of molecules [2]. Two different perceptions exist, the first being the heterogeneous perception which is the distinction between the odor components of the mixture. The second perception is homogeneous and consists in a mixture of molecules resulting in a single odor which is not possible to distinguish between odor components of the mixture. There are two types of homogeneous perceptions:1-When one of the mixture components covers the other constituents and we can only smell the odor of one of the mixture components: it is …