SRC-SCALP-2018 · PRIMARY

Response of Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) to Volatiles of Whole and Individual Components of the Human Scalp

F. G. Galassi et al. · Journal of Medical Entomology

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Published2018-05-04

DOI10.1093/jme/tjx243

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TOPICS

hairscalpvolatile organic compounds

CLAIMS USING THIS SOURCE1

CLM-HAIR-001

Main volatiles collected from the human scalp ↗

Volatiles collected from the human scalp, which the authors call human scalp odour, included 24 identified compounds, the main ones being nonanal, sulcatone, geranylacetone and palmitic acid.

Volatiles from the human scalp, which the Hair entry includes, collected in a study of what attracts head lice; the abstract does not say whether they were taken from the hair or the skin, or how many people were sampled; composition only, with no assessment of how it smells.

MOLECULES NAMED IN CLAIMS FROM THIS SOURCE4

Claim CLM-HAIR-001

geranylacetone · Major component
6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one · Major component
nonanal · Major component
palmitic acid · Major component

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