Pheromones: Does humans emit sex scent signals
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Physiology - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
The invisible, colourless chemical scent emitted by human beings is known as Pheromones, these chemical signalling molecules are volatile, odorous substances, triggering some sort of physiological reaction. The physiological reactions can manifest themselves in a variety of different ways: some pheromones affect aggression, some modulate sexual activity and other pheromones have similarly diverse effects on the target animal. Pheromones have been known to perform main role in number of organisms ranging from amoebas to fish to mammals, including primates. However, the question of whether does humans emit sex scents signals? Do human olfactory signals for pheromones exist? Has been a question of much debate with few definite conclusions. In this paper I will look at some possible examples of odour signalling in humans.
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Shrikant L Patil
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