Human (Homo sapiens) responses to the pig (Sus scrofa) sex pheromone 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one.
Previous studies have suggested that the pig sex pheromone 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one may function as a human sex pheromone. Two hundred male and female college students were assigned to one of four odor conditions (androstenone, methyl anthranilate, skatole, and a no-odor control) and were asked to rate photographs of a male stimulus and to rate their own mood in the presence of each odorant. There was a significant overall sex by treatment condition interaction. Men in the androstenone condition rated the stimulus male as more passive, and women in the androstenone condition rated themselves as less sexy; these effects were specific to the androstenone condition.
D000328:Adult; D000736:Androstenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010675:Pheromones; D012737:Sex Factors; D013552:Swine
D000736:Androstenes; D010675:Pheromones; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one