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SHEET /m/androstenone · PubChem CID 6852393 · CAS 18339-16-7 · REV 2026.07

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Androstenone

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C19H28O · 272.4 g/mol

AEON steroid

What is Androstenone?

The boar pheromone in truffle aroma and in human sweat. Roughly half of people cannot smell it at all, and the rest split between finding it musky or urinous. from source

CategoryScent & aroma
Chemical familyKetones
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Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit

SMILESC[C@]12CC[C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC=C2)CC[C@@H]4[C@@]3(CCC(=O)C4)C

Toxicity & hazards

DangerIrritantHealth hazardH302, H312, H332, H351, H360, H361from source

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Where Androstenone leads

Relatedcomputed
Dihydrotestosterone60% similarBoth carry a ketone group.Oxymetholone35% similarBoth carry a ketone group.

Sources & methodology

PubChem CID
6852393
Wikidata
Q416745
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