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Abstract
Chemical substances, excreted by an organism into the environment, that elicit behavioral or physiological responses from other organisms of the same species. Perception of these chemical signals may be olfactory or by contact.
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- Pheromone
- Allelochemical
- Allelochemicals
- Allomone
- Allomones
- Ectohormones
- Kairomone
- Kairomones
- Semiochemical
- Semiochemicals
- Synomones
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28 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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animal, plant & microbes; human = PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SEX PHEROMONES is also available
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History Note
1968
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- Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)
- Sex Behavior (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pheromones. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010675. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010675
- Pheromones. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone
- Pheromones. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167377