ArticleCommunications chemistry2024
Body odor samples from infants and post-pubertal children differ in their volatile profiles.
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- Human ovulatory phase-increasing odors cause positive emotions and stress-suppressive effects in males.iScience · 2025Article
- ABOV: A Novel System of Direct Headspace Skin Sampling to Study Human Body Odor.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Article
- A standardized lexicon of body odor words crafted from 17 countries.Scientific data · 2025Article
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Abstract
Body odors change during development, and this change influences the interpersonal communication between parents and their children. The molecular basis for this chemical communication has not been elucidated yet. Here, we show by combining instrumental and sensory analyses that the qualitative odorant composition of body odor samples is similar in infants (0-3 years) and post-pubertal children (14-18 years). The post-pubertal samples are characterized by higher odor dilution factors for carboxylic acids and by the presence of 5α-androst-16-en-3-one and 5α-androst-16-en-3α-ol. In addition to the olfaction-guided approach, the compounds 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one (6MHO), geranyl acetone (GA) and squalene (SQ) were quantified. Both age groups have similar concentrations of 6MHO and GA, whereas post-pubertal children tend to have higher concentration of SQ. In conclusion, sexual maturation coincides with changes to body odor chemical composition. Whether those changes explain differences in parental olfactory perception needs to be determined in future studies with model odors.
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