Structured Summary
Abstract
Pheromones that elicit sexual attraction or mating behavior usually in members of the opposite sex in the same species.
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Synonyms
12 entry terms
- Pheromones, Sexual
- Sex Attractant
- Sex Pheromone
- Sex Pheromones
- Sexual Pheromone
- Attractant, Sex
- Attractants, Sex
- Pheromone, Sex
- Pheromone, Sexual
- Pheromones, Sex
- Sexual Pheromones
- Copulins
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28 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
human & animal pheromones
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History Note
91(75); was see under PHEROMONES 1975-90
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Previous Indexing
- Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)
- Pheromones (1968-1974)
- Sex Behavior (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sex Attractants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012724
- Sex Attractants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_pheromone
- Sex Attractants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7458527