PERCEPTION OF BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT SUBSTANCES AND GONADOTROPIN, PRL, GONADOTROPIC HORMONE LEVELS IN MAN
Authors Franca Ligabue Stricker , Mariangela Mazzone
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Tags LH, lang_en, gonadotropine, Testosterone, olfactory, LtH, Progesterone, FSH, Estradiol, human pheromone
This study is part of a research on chemical communication in Man. It investigates the perception of pheromonal substances in adults. Since it seems that the perception of certain odours and the capability to distinguish personal smells are related to sex and sexual maturity, olfactive tests were made in parallel with gonadotropine analyses.
Hormonal analyses were made on 160 out-patients (55 males and 105 females) at the Laboratory of Endocrinology of the University of Turin, Faculty of Internal Medicine, to determine the plasma levels of FSH, LH, Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone and LtH.
Their olfactive perception of biologically significant substances was tested using surrogates for natural pheromones, i.e. an isovaleric acid derivative (for female pheromone) and an androstanediol derivative (for male pheromone). The first results thus obtained show that there is indeed a close interaction between the olfactive, endocrine and reproduction systems.