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  2. Human sex pheromones - Wikipedia

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    An inherent difficulty in studying human pheromones is the need for cleanliness and odorlessness in human participants. [3] Experiments have focused on three classes of putative human sex pheromones: axillary steroids, vaginal aliphatic acids and stimulators of the vomeronasal organ.

  3. Sex pheromone - Wikipedia

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    Sex pheromones are pheromones released by an organism to attract an individual of the same species, encourage them to mate with them, or perform some other function closely related with sexual reproduction. Sex pheromones specifically focus on indicating females for breeding, attracting the opposite sex, and conveying information on species ...

  4. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    Pheromones are chemical messengers produced and emitted by the body that contribute significantly to interpersonal attraction. [8] The two types of pheromones include signal and primer, each playing a distinct role in human behavior. Signal pheromones act as attractants and repellents; they are classified short-term behavioral pheromones.

  5. Pheromone - Wikipedia

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    A pheromone (from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) 'to bear' and hormone) is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavior of the receiving individuals. [1]

  6. Erogenous zone - Wikipedia

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    Some human erogenous zones. An erogenous zone (from Greek ἔρως, érōs "love"; and English -genous "producing", from Greek -γενής, -genḗs "born") is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation of which may generate a sexual response such as relaxation, sexual fantasies, sexual arousal, and orgasm.

  7. Scent gland - Wikipedia

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    Scent gland are exocrine glands found in most mammals.They produce semi-viscous secretions which contain pheromones and other semiochemical compounds. These odor-messengers indicate information such as status, territorial marking, mood, and sexual behaviour.

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  9. Semiochemical - Wikipedia

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    Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting outside the body of the secreting individual to impact the behavior of the receiving individual. [5] There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology. [6] Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition ...