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有些人发现实验室试验中出现的类固醇雄烯酮有恶臭,酷似陈尿臭味或浓烈的汗臭味;另一些人说它是一种微妙的、甚至悦人的气味;还有一些人(约占调查对象的50％)却说这种化合物一点气味也没有.最近,宾夕法尼亚洲费城莫内尔化学感觉中心的科学家报告说,对雄烯酮的嗅觉能力是由遗传决定的。在同卵孪生子中,一对孪生子或者都能嗅到雄烯酮的气味,或者都不能嗅到;而在异卵孪生子中,仅60％对雄烯酮是否散发气味的感觉一致。 Charles J.Wysocki和Gary K.Beauchamp在8月份的《美国国家科学院院报》(第15期)上报告说:“嗅觉感受器的性质和识别各种气味的机理仍然难以捉
Some people find that the steroid androstenone found in laboratory tests is malodourous, resembles urine smell or intense sweaty smell; others say it is a subtle, even soothing odor; and some people ( Say about 50% of the respondents) said the compounds did not smell a bit.Recently, scientists at the Penn State Center for Chemistry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reported that the ability to smell androgens is genetically determined. In the same twins, a pair of twins can both smell androma of androstenone, or none of them smell; whereas only 60% of the fraternal twins have the same feeling of whether orrostenone emits odors. Charles J. Wysocki and Gary K. Bauchamp, in the August Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (No. 15), reported: "The nature of the olfactory receptors and the mechanisms by which they are identified remain elusive