Shirai, Tomohiro
Takase, Dan
Yokoyama, Junkichi
Nakanishi, Kuniyuki
Uehara, Chisaki
Saito, Naoko
Kato-Namba, Aya
Yoshikawa, Keiichi
Article History
Received: 10 November 2022
Accepted: 10 January 2023
First Online: 18 January 2023
Competing interests
: The authors, except J.Y., are employees of Kao Corporation. Kao Corporation has a patent (P6588715) related to human odorant receptors for <i>p</i>-cresol and has applied for patents related to methods for the administration of water to the nasal mucus and for vapor-stimulation of ORs. There are no products currently in development or marketed to declare. This work was supported by Kao Corporation, who provided salaries for the authors. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.