Pheromones

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.

Year introduced: 1968

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Tree Number(s): D23.641

MeSH Unique ID: D010675

Entry Terms:

• Pheromone
• Ectohormones
• Semiochemical
• Semiochemicals
• Allelochemicals
• Allelochemical
• Allomones
• Allomone
• Kairomones
• Kairomone
• Synomones

Previous Indexing:

• Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)
• Sex Behavior (1966-1967)

All MeSH Categories
Chemicals and Drugs Category
Biological Factors
Pheromones
Mating Factor
Pheromones, Human
Sex Attractants