# Pheromones and hormones: can pheromones affect hormone production? **URL:** \ **Category:** Pheromone Theory & Molecules\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-hormones-can-pheromones-affect-hormone-production/7904 "2007-12-31T09:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MMaddox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@MMaddox](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MMaddox)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-hormones-can-pheromones-affect-hormone-production/7904/1 "2007-12-31T09:07:31Z")
I’m completetely uninterested in using the [pheromones](https://pheromonelabs.com/shop/) sold here as “oppposite sex attractors” or whatever, but I am interested in whether pheromones can affect hormone production. I am aware that there is plenty of debate about whether the VNO is actually functional in humans, etc, so this of course may be a moot point, but I’d like to know what the biochemists your company (hopefully?) employs feel about a possibility of pheromone influencing a certain hormone production/level. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jvkohl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jvkohl/32/1297_2.png) [@jvkohl](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/jvkohl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-hormones-can-pheromones-affect-hormone-production/7904/2 "2008-01-08T04:00:16Z")
[Shinohara K, Morofushi M, Funabashi T, Mitsushima D, Kimura F.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944511?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum) Effects of 5alpha-androst-16-en-3alpha-ol on the pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone in human females. Chem Senses. 2000 Aug;25(4):465-7. From Kohl (2006) “In biologically based evolutionary theory, the more closely that natural selection guards a particular gene through time, the more important is its function. The gene for mammalian GnRH is unequivocally required for pituitary LH release (Hoffman, Lee, Attardi, Yann, & Fitzsimmons, 1990). And, the “phenomenon” of LH release in response to contact with olfactory/pheromonal input from mammalian conspecifics is well known (Meredith & Fernandez‑Fewell, 1994). The overall influence of mammalian olfactory/pheromonal input on hypothalamic GnRH release and on LH release from the pituitary represent a highly conserved effector system that includes genes that code for the peptide ligand (i.e., GnRH) and the cell-surface receptor: the GnRH receptor (GnRHR). The result of this genetic conservation of GnRH and its receptor is the physiological regulation of sexual reproduction across species.” [The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Article Abstract](http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=F1AJ71WMKCP48HTMPW51HDT2GP7Q5DS7&ID=90566) ---
**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Shah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mohammad_shah/32/873_2.png) [@Mohammad\_Shah](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mohammad_Shah)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-hormones-can-pheromones-affect-hormone-production/7904/3 "2008-01-08T04:03:38Z")
Hello Mr.James!🙂 Nice to hear from you again. Welcome back.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mark-in-dallas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mark-in-dallas/32/860_2.png) [@mark-in-dallas](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mark-in-dallas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-hormones-can-pheromones-affect-hormone-production/7904/4 "2008-01-08T15:29:28Z")
> [@MMaddox](#): > > I’m completetely uninterested in using the pheromones sold here as “oppposite sex attractors” or whatever, but I am interested in whether pheromones can affect hormone production. > > I am aware that there is plenty of debate about whether the VNO is actually functional in humans, etc, so this of course may be a moot point, but I’d like to know what the biochemists your company (hopefully?) employs feel about a possibility of pheromone influencing a certain hormone production/level. > > Thanks! Well I’m not an Androtics biochemist, scientist, or of any other profession that’s qualified to answer your question with complete authority. But, I’m going to throw in my 2 cents anyway. I have read repeatedly, both in the forum and in articles that I’ve stumbled accross that when males are exposed to female copluins their testosterone levels increase by approxamately 140% I have also thought it possible that the male aggression associated with exposure to Androstenone may in part be due to an increase in testosterone production, but have found no studies or articles to support this theory Here is an interesting study: [Male Axillary Extracts Contain Pheromones that Affect Pulsatile Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone and Mood in Women Recipients – Preti et al. 68 (6): 2107 – Biology of Reproduction](http://www.biolreprod.org/cgi/content/full/68/6/2107) There is also an interesting, albeit basic article on lovescents [Pheromone](https://a314.com/shop/) INformation Library here: [http://pherolibrary.com/articles/what-are-pheromones.htm](http://pherolibrary.com/articles/what-are-pheromones.htm)