title: Transformations of steroid sulphates by human axillary bacteria. A mechanism for human odour formation?
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, St Bartholomew's London, UK.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Gower
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Mallet
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000378:metabolism*; D000736:Androstenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000738:Androsterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D001365:Axilla; D001711:Biotransformation; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters / Q000378:metabolism*; D013542:Sweat / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: C105558:3-androstenyl sulfate; D000736:Androstenes; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D000738:Androsterone; C026905:androsterone sulfate