Essays about: "Aliphatic ketones"
Found 2 essays containing the words Aliphatic ketones.
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1. Olfactory discrimination performance and longterm odor memory in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi; Tekniska högskolanAbstract : Behavioral evidence suggests that Asian elephants strongly rely on their sense of smell in a variety of contexts including foraging and social communication. Using a food-rewarded two-alternative operant conditioning procedure, three female Asian elephants were tested on their olfactory discrimination ability with 1-aliphatic alcohols, n-aldehydes, 2-ketones, n-carboxylic acids and with a set of twelve enantiomeric odor pairs. READ MORE
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2. Olfactory discrimination of aliphatic 2-ketones and 1-alcohols in South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)
University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : Odor discrimination ability was tested in four female South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) using a food-rewarded two-choice instrumental conditioning paradigm. The seals’ ability to distinguish between members of homologous series of aliphatic ketones (2-butanone to 2-heptanone) and alcohols (1-butanol to 1-heptanol) was assessed. READ MORE