A unique urinary constituent, 6-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-heptanone, is a pheromone that accelerates puberty in female mice

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 377-383

  Novotny, Milos V ^a   Jemiolo, Bozena ^a,b   Wiesler, Donald ^a   Ma, Weidong ^a   Harvey, Scott ^a,c   Fuqiang, Xu ^a   Xie, Tian Min ^a,d   Carmack, Marvin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Ceimic Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

House mouse; Hydroxyketone lactol pheromone structural analogs; Male pheromone; Puberty acceleration; Tautomerism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033150478     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80049-0     Document Type: Article

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