Dog appeasing pheromone

Dog appeasing pheromone (DAP), sometimes known as apasine, is a mixture of esters of fatty acids released by the sebaceous glands in the inter-mammary sulcus of lactating female dogs. ^[1]

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Dog health
Mammalian pheromones

Blinded experiment

In a blind or blinded experiment, information which may influence the participants of the experiment is withheld until after the experiment is complete.

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Dog

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.

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Elsevier

Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.

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In chemistry, an ester is a functional group derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group.

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Fatty acid

In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.

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Sebaceous gland

A sebaceous gland or oil gland is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, which lubricates the hair and skin of mammals.

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Sulcus (morphology)

In biological morphology and anatomy, a sulcus (sulci) is a furrow or fissure (Latin fissura,: fissurae).

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Vomeronasal organ

The vomeronasal organ (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, is the paired auxiliary olfactory (smell) sense organ located in the soft tissue of the nasal septum, in the nasal cavity just above the roof of the mouth (the hard palate) in various tetrapods.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_appeasing_pheromone

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Dog appeasing pheromone

Table of Contents

Blinded experiment

Dog

Elsevier

Ester

Fatty acid

Sebaceous gland

Sulcus (morphology)

Vomeronasal organ

See also

Dog health

Mammalian pheromones

References