John E. Amoore

John Earnest Amoore
Born 28 April 1930
Died 1998
Fields Biochemistry
Institutions Western Regional Research Labs[1] (19631978)
Olfacto-Labs[1] (19781998)
Alma mater Oxford University (B.Sc., 1952) (Ph.D., 1958)
Known for Stereochemical theory for olfaction

John E. Amoore (1930-1998) was a British biochemist who first proposed the stereochemical theory for olfaction.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "JOHN EARNEST AMOORE (1930-1998)". achems.org. Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. AMOORE JE (1963). "Stereochemical theory of olfaction". Nature. 198 (4877): 271–2. Bibcode:1963Natur.198..271A. doi:10.1038/198271a0. PMID 14012641.


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