| Title: | Citronellal ingestion decreases the appeal of male mouse urinary pheromone for female mice |
| Author(s): | Osada K; Hanawa M; Tsunoda K; Izumi H; |
| Address: | "Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061-0293, Japan. osadak@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp" |
| Journal Title: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1347-6947 (Electronic) 0916-8451 (Linking) |
| 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" |
| Keywords: | "Acyclic Monoterpenes Aldehydes/*administration & dosage Animals Eating Female Male Mating Preference, Animal/*drug effects/physiology Mice Monoterpenes/*administration & dosage Odorants Olfactory Perception/*drug effects/physiology Pheromones/*urine Sexua;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineOsada, Kazumi Hanawa, Masaaki Tsunoda, Kenji Izumi, Hiroshi eng England 2012/09/14 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2012; 76(9):1781-4. doi: 10.1271/bbb.120180. Epub 2012 Sep 7" |
