gklite
06-01-2006, 02:40 AM
On mood throughout the menstrual
cycle
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6891608&dopt=Citation
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6891608
&dopt=Citation)
Each morning for a month female subjects placed either 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3 alpha-ol, a putative human
pheromone, or a placebo on the upper lip. Each evening the subjects rated on five scales their moods during that
day. In the middle of their monthly cycle those females exposed to androstenol rather than a control tended to rate
their moods as submissive rather than aggressive. The compound did not significantly influence ratings of being
happy/depressed; lethargic/lively; sexy/unsexy; irritable/good-tempered. The results are discussed in terms of the
possible increased olfactory sensitivity of the human female to androstenol in the middle of her monthly cycle
On male choice
performance
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3608426&dopt=Ci
tation (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3
608426&dopt=Citation)
A natural secretion, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3 alpha-ol (androstenol) is speculated to function as a
spacing pheromone. The effect of the odor of androstenol on restroom-stall choices was investigated over a 5-week
period. The first, third, and fifth weeks served as baselines against which the effect of androstenol or a control
odor, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-17-one (androsterone) could be evaluated. During the second and fourth
weeks, half of the stalls in each restroom were treated with androstenol or androsterone, respectively. As
predicted, men avoided the treated stalls during the androstenol week only, and neither odor affected female stall
selection, demonstrating a sex differential influence of the experimental odor.
cycle
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6891608&dopt=Citation
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6891608
&dopt=Citation)
Each morning for a month female subjects placed either 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3 alpha-ol, a putative human
pheromone, or a placebo on the upper lip. Each evening the subjects rated on five scales their moods during that
day. In the middle of their monthly cycle those females exposed to androstenol rather than a control tended to rate
their moods as submissive rather than aggressive. The compound did not significantly influence ratings of being
happy/depressed; lethargic/lively; sexy/unsexy; irritable/good-tempered. The results are discussed in terms of the
possible increased olfactory sensitivity of the human female to androstenol in the middle of her monthly cycle
On male choice
performance
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3608426&dopt=Ci
tation (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3
608426&dopt=Citation)
A natural secretion, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3 alpha-ol (androstenol) is speculated to function as a
spacing pheromone. The effect of the odor of androstenol on restroom-stall choices was investigated over a 5-week
period. The first, third, and fifth weeks served as baselines against which the effect of androstenol or a control
odor, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-17-one (androsterone) could be evaluated. During the second and fourth
weeks, half of the stalls in each restroom were treated with androstenol or androsterone, respectively. As
predicted, men avoided the treated stalls during the androstenol week only, and neither odor affected female stall
selection, demonstrating a sex differential influence of the experimental odor.