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- noun biochemistry A
steroid found in humansweat ; reported to be apheromone
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Examples
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The role of androstenone is not well understood in humans, but in pigs it sends a powerful sex signal that puts sows in the mood for love.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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Matsunami and colleagues at Duke and Rockefeller University in New York focused on the chemical androstenone, which is created when the body breaks down the male sex hormone testosterone.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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According to the Rockefeller and Duke researchers, about 70 percent of adult men and women have the genetic capacity to perceive a particular chemical called androstenone in male body odor.
Smell Test 2007
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BLONDES I describe how pheromones such as androstenone and hormones such as oxytocin have been found to influence mood and possibly attraction - but the effects are subtle and context-dependent.
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They found the OR7D4 gene reacted strongly with the sex steroid androstenone.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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Next, they tested whether variations in this gene had an impact on how people perceived the smell of androstenone in male sweat.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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What they found is slight genetic variations determine whether androstenone has a pungent smell, a sweet, vanilla-like smell or no smell at all.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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It is well known that people have different perceptions to androstenone.
Stinky? It’s Not his Sweat, It’s Your Nose | Impact Lab 2007
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Once female pigs catch a whiff of androstenone they immediately assume a posture called lordosis, replete with a curved back and wiggly haunches.
Smell Test 2007
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To figure out exactly who could smell the manly-man scent of androstenone, researchers presented 400 participants with 66 different odors, including woodsy scents like pine, strong scents like garlic, and esoteric odors like methanethiol, a man-made scent that is similar to the smell of urine after a person has eaten asparagus.
Smell Test 2007
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