id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7802 Pheromone - Wikipedia .html text/html 5968 869 62 These chemical messengers are transported outside of the body and affect neurocircuits, including the autonomous nervous system with hormone or cytokine mediated physiological changes, inflammatory signaling, immune system changes and/or behavioral change in the recipient.[4] They proposed the term to describe chemical signals from conspecifics that elicit innate behaviors soon after the German biochemist Adolf Butenandt had characterized the first such chemical, bombykol, a chemically well-characterized pheromone released by the female silkworm to attract mates.[5] Axillary steroids are produced by the testes, ovaries, apocrine glands, and adrenal glands.[44] These chemicals are not biologically active until puberty when sex steroids influence their activity.[45] The change in activity during puberty suggest that humans may communicate through odors.[44] Several axillary steroids have been described as potential human pheromones: androstadienol, androstadienone, androstenol, androstenone, and androsterone. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7802.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7802.txt