Dynamics of excretion of urinary chemosignals in the house mouse (Mus musculus) during the natural estrous cycle.
The volatile fraction of urinary metabolites was investigated chromatographically at five different stages of the natural estrous cycle. A very substantial endocrine dependency has been noted for 11 compounds: 4 ketones, 2 acetate esters, 3 dihydrofuran isomers, dehydro-exo-brevicomin, and 2,5-dimethylpyrazine. The compounds were structurally verified through combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
D000818:Animals; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000652:urine; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004952:Esters / Q000652:urine; D004971:Estrus / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D005663:Furans / Q000652:urine; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007659:Ketones / Q000652:urine; D007774:Lactation / Q000652:urine; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR / Q000652:urine*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014835:Volatilization
D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D004952:Esters; D005663:Furans; D007659:Ketones; C012219:brevicomin