Individual comparisons of the levels of (E)-3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid, an axillary odor-related compound, in Japanese

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-563

  Akutsu, Tomoko ^a   Sekiguchi, Kazumasa ^a   Ohmori, Takeshi ^b   Sakurada, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

(E) 3 methyl 2 hexenoic acid; Apocrine gland; Axillary odor; Body odor; Fatty acid; GC MS

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 2 HEXENOIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AXILLA; CAUCASIAN; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN ODOR; SKIN SECRETION; SWEAT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ODORS; SWEAT;

EID: 33747865800     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj060     Document Type: Article

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