Vaginal fatty acids produced by chimpanzees during menstrual cycles

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Matsumoto Oda, Akiko ^a   Oda, Ryo ^b   Hayashi, Yukako ^c   Murakami, Hiroshi ^c   Maeda, Norihiko ^c   Kumazaki, Kiyonori ^c   Shimizu, Keiko ^c   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Fatty acids; Olfactory signal; Periovulatory period; Pheromone; Sexual attractant

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; OVULATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0037607650     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070000     Document Type: Article

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