p-Cresol: A Sex Pheromone Component Identified from the Estrous Urine of Mares

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 811-813

  Buda, Vincas ^a   Mozuraitis, Raimondas ^a,b   Kutra, Jonas ^c   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Behavior; Equs cabalus; Erection; Estrus; Horse

Indexed keywords

4-CRESOL; CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HORSE; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CRESOLS; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84864383820     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0138-2     Document Type: Article

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