Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction

S. Achiraman ¹, G. Archunan ¹

Affiliations
1 Reproductive Endocrinology and Pheromone Biotechnology Lab, Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Our previous investigation revealed that the normal male mice urine contained five unique volatile constituents namely, 3- cyclohexene-1-methanol (I), 3-amino triazole (II), 4-ethyl phenol (III), 3-ethyl 2,7 dimethyl octane (IV) and I-iodoundecan (V) (Achiraman and Archunan, 2002). The present investigation was designed to find out whether these male specific compounds present in the urine of mice are androgen dependent.

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