Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Androstenone (5α-androst-16-en-3-one) is a steroid found in both male and female sweat and urine. It is also found in boar’s saliva and in celery cytoplasm. Androstenone was the first mammalian pheromone to be identified. It is found in high concentrations in the saliva of male pigs and when sniffed by a female pig that is in heat results in the female assuming the mating stance.
