title: Citronellal ingestion decreases the appeal of male mouse urinary pheromone for female mice.
abstract: To determine whether ingestion of citronellal decreases the attractive power of the male mouse urinary odor, female mice were used in preference tests. A series of tests revealed that the female mice preferred voided urine odors from aged mice over those from younger adult mice. However, exogenous citronellal directly inhibited the advantage of the aged males with regard to attraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061-0293, Japan. osadak@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanawa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumi
mesh_terms: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D052586:Mating Preference, Animal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009812:Odorants; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000652:urine*; D012741:Sexual Maturation
chemical_list: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000447:Aldehydes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D010675:Pheromones; C108217:citronellal