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Androstenol is a sex pheromone

Pheromone

A pheromone is a chemical that triggers a natural behavioral response in another member of the opposite gender of the same species. There are alarm signal pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology....
, possessing a musk

Musk

Musk is the name originally given to a substance with a penetrating odor obtained from a gland of the male musk deer, which is situated between its stomach and genitals....
-like odor. It is found in large quantities in boar

Boar

The wild boar , or colloquially simply called the boar, is an omnivorous, wikt:gregarious mammal of the family Suidae. It is native across much of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia, and has been introduced elsewhere....
saliva, but also in smaller quantities in human sweat gland

Sweat gland

The skin contains two different groups of sweat glands: apocrine sweat glands and merocrine sweat glands. Both gland types contain myoepithelial cells , specialized epithelial cells located between the gland cells and the underlying basal lamina....
s. It is analogous to sex hormones yet has minimal or no androgenic activity. Androstenol is secreted by the adrenal gland into systemic circulation in humans: Systemic effects have not been well studied.

Androstenol, or a chemical derivative, is found in truffles, and is offered as an explanation for how pigs locate them deep in the ground.

Both isomers have a weak, characteristic odor; however alpha-androstenol is often associated with a sandalwood-like aroma due to residual solvents (alkyl acetates).

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Androstenol is a sex pheromone

Pheromone

A pheromone is a chemical that triggers a natural behavioral response in another member of the opposite gender of the same species. There are alarm signal pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology....
, possessing a musk

Musk

Musk is the name originally given to a substance with a penetrating odor obtained from a gland of the male musk deer, which is situated between its stomach and genitals....
-like odor. It is found in large quantities in boar

Boar

The wild boar , or colloquially simply called the boar, is an omnivorous, wikt:gregarious mammal of the family Suidae. It is native across much of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia, and has been introduced elsewhere....
saliva, but also in smaller quantities in human sweat gland

Sweat gland

The skin contains two different groups of sweat glands: apocrine sweat glands and merocrine sweat glands. Both gland types contain myoepithelial cells , specialized epithelial cells located between the gland cells and the underlying basal lamina....
s. It is analogous to sex hormones yet has minimal or no androgenic activity. Androstenol is secreted by the adrenal gland into systemic circulation in humans: Systemic effects have not been well studied.

Androstenol, or a chemical derivative, is found in truffles, and is offered as an explanation for how pigs locate them deep in the ground.

Both isomers have a weak, characteristic odor; however alpha-androstenol is often associated with a sandalwood-like aroma due to residual solvents (alkyl acetates).

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Androstadienone
Androstadienone

Androstadienone, also known as androsta-4,16,-dien-3-one, is a chemical compound that has been described as having strong pheromone-like activities in humans....
Androstatrione
Androstenone
Androstenone

Androstenone is a steroid found in both male and female sweat and urine. It is also found in boar's saliva, and in celery cytoplasm. Androstenone was the first mammalian pheromone to be identified....
Androsterone
Androsterone

Androsterone is a steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity. It is made in the liver from the metabolism of testosterone. It was first isolated in 1931, by Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt and Kurt Tscherning....
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone

Dehydroepiandrosterone is a multi-functional steroid that has been implicated in a broad range of biological effects in humans and other mammals....
Estratetraenol
Estratetraenol

Estratetraenol, also known as estra-1,3,5,16-tetraen-3-ol, is a chemical compound produced by women that has been described as having pheromone-like activities in both primates and humans....