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. 1956 Jul 20;39(6):889–892. doi: 10.1085/jgp.39.6.889

OLFACTORY PERCEPTION IN MIGRATING SALMON

I. L-SERINE, A SALMON REPELLENT IN MAMMALIAN SKIN

D R Idler 1, U H M Fagerlund 1, Helen Mayoh 1; With the Collaboration of J. R. Brett and D. F. Alderdice1
PMCID: PMC2147578  PMID: 13346042

Abstract

The properties of a repellent for migrating salmon present in mammalian skin are discussed. l-Serine which is present in the washings of human skin has been shown to have repellent activity at extremely high dilution.

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