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Compound

Androstadienone

Also called 4,16-Androstadien-3-one, Androsta-4,16-dien-3-one

Overview

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“The odorous steroid compound 4,16-androstadien-3-one (androstadienone), found in axillary sweat, was previously reported to evoke hypothalamic activation in heterosexual women, but not in heterosexual men.”[1] (Burke SM et al., PloS one, 2012, abstract)

“The androgen derivative androstadienone is a substance found in human sweat and thus is a putative human chemosignal.”[2] (Hornung J et al., PloS one, 2017, abstract)

Chemistry

Formula
C19H26O PC
CAS number
4075-07-4 PC
Molar mass (g/mol)
270.4 PC
IUPAC name (computed by PubChem)
(8S,9S,10R,13R,14S)-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one PC
SMILES
C[C@]12CC[C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC=C2)CCC4=CC(=O)CC[C@]34C PC
InChIKey
HNDHDMOSWUAEAW-VMXHOPILSA-N PC
PubChem CID
92979

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Sources

  1. Journal / agency Burke SM, Veltman DJ, Gerber J, Hummel T, Bakker J. Heterosexual men and women both show a hypothalamic response to the chemo-signal androstadienone. PloS one. 2012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040993 · PMID 22815889 · PMC3397979 · Open access, CC BY licence; quoted word for word
  2. Journal / agency Hornung J, Kogler L, Wolpert S, Freiherr J, Derntl B. The human body odor compound androstadienone leads to anger-dependent effects in an emotional Stroop but not dot-probe task using human faces. PloS one. 2017. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175055 · PMID 28369152 · PMC5378404 · Open access, CC BY licence; quoted word for word
  3. Journal / agency PubChem (U.S. National Library of Medicine). Compound summary, CID 92979. Retrieved 10 November 2026. Formula, mass, names and identifiers in the Chemistry table