Human Male Superiority in Olfactory Sensitivity to the Sperm Attracting Odorant Bourgeonal

The present study aimed at assessing possible gender differences in human olfactory detection thresholds for three odorants; bourgeonal, an aromatic aldehyde, helional, a structural analogue of bourgeonal,  and n-pentyl acetate, an aliphatic ester. A total of 500 subjects, 250 males and 250 females...

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Main Author: Olsson, Peter
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-19869