Table 3.

Odor thresholds OT (GC-O) of all eight panelists (P1 to P8) of all compounds.

Entrya	Odorant	OT [ng/L(air)]b								Groupc	Literatured
		P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8
1	Linalool	8.4	8.4	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	4.2	2.1	3.2	n.r.
2	Linalyl acetate	407	203	51	102	12.7	203	407	51	110.9	n.r.
3	8-Oxolinalool	305	38	19	76	4.8	9.5	305	19.1	38.1	n.r.
4	8-Oxolinalyl acetate	2.8	4.9	4.9	79	0.6	4.9	10	10	5.9	n.r.
5	8-Hydroxylinalyl acetate	634	634	40	79	4.9	317	317	20	102.8	n.r.
6	8-Hydroxylinalool	989	989	247	247	7.7	31	494	62	160.3	n.r.
7	8-Carboxylinalool	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	n.r.
8	8-Carboxylinalyl acetate	3.1	3.1	6.1	6.1	1.5	24	24	6.1	6.1	n.r.

^aNumbering refer to Table 1.

^bOdor thresholds in air were determined as described by Ullrich and Grosch (1987).

^cGroup odor threshold was calculated as a geometric mean of the individual thresholds of panelists.

^dn.r.: Odor threshold was not reported previously.