Current issues in the study of androstenes in human chemosignaling

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 83, Issue C, 2010, Pages 47-81

  Havlicek, Jan ^a   Murray, Alice K ^b   Saxton, Tamsin K ^c   Roberts, S Craig ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androstadienone; Androstene; Androstenol; Androstenone; Chemosignal; Olfaction; Pheromone; Scent

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

AFFECT; AXILLA; BOOK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER;

AFFECT; ANDROSTENES; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN; SMELL;

EID: 77956424562     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)83003-1     Document Type: Book

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