ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
The specific biochemistry of human axilla odour formation viewed in an evolutionary context.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Deodorants and antiperspirants: New trends in their active agents and testing methods.International journal of cosmetic science · 2023Pooled it
- Major histocompatibility complex-associated odour preferences and human mate choice: near and far horizons.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Pooled it
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- Structural basis of the sweat odorant HMHA recognition by the human odorant receptor OR52E8.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Optimizing the surgical paradigm for axillary osmidrosis: a retrospective cohort study integrating tumescent suction-curettage and direct-vision trimming.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Axillary and gut microbiota characteristics in axillary bromhidrosis patients and the effect of microwave therapy: a case-control study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Human Body Malodor and Deodorants: The Present and the Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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- Past, Present, and Future of Human Chemical Communication Research.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Review
- Identification of a staphylococcal dipeptidase involved in the production of human body odor.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2024Article
- Interplay of human ABCC11 transporter gene variants with axillary skin microbiome functional genomics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Perspectives of aminoacylases in biocatalytic synthesis of N-acyl-amino acids surfactants.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Infrared thermal imaging for assessing human perspiration and evaluating antiperspirant product efficacy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Developing deprotectase biocatalysts for synthesis.Faraday discussions · 2024Article
- Combined perceptual and chemical analyses show no compelling evidence for ovulatory cycle shifts in women's axillary odour.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Using surface-enhanced Raman scattering for simultaneous multiplex detection and quantification of thiols associated to axillary malodour.The Analyst · 2024Article
- Male Body Odor Affects Emotional State, LH, and Cortisol Secretion in Women of Different Age Groups.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- No skin off your back: the sampling and extraction of sebum for metabolomics.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2023Review
- Antimicrobial Effects of Tetraspanin CD9 Peptide against Microbiota Causing Armpit Malodour.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Human body odour is dominated by the scent of specific odourants emanating from specialized glands in the axillary region. These specific odourants are produced by an intricate interplay between biochemical pathways in the host and odour-releasing enzymes present in commensal microorganisms of the axillary microbiome. Key biochemical steps for the release of highly odouriferous carboxylic acids and sulfur compounds have been elucidated over the past 15 years. Based on the profound molecular understanding and specific analytical methods developed, evolutionary questions could be asked for the first time with small population studies: (i) a genetic basis for body odour could be shown with a twin study, (ii) no effect of genes in the human leukocyte antigen complex on the pattern of odourant carboxylic acid was found, and (iii) loss of odour precursor secretion by a mutation in the
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