Product Name: Beta-AndrosteNOL

CAS No: 7148-51-8

MW: 274.44 

Description: The pheromone molecule beta androstenol (commonly referred to as betanol, b-nol, or epiandrostenol), is the beta isomer of androstenol.

Most common chemical name: 5α-Androst-16-en-3β-ol

Molecular Weight: 274.44 g/mol

CAS Number: 7148-51-8

Unlike alpha androstenol, this molecule does not seem to exhibit positive modulatory activity on GABA-A receptors. Although pheromone users widely report substantial effects from the use of this molecule, it is not widely recognized as a pheromone by scientists and its mechanism of action is not presently known.

Beta androstenol is widely reported to induce a sense of comfort, familiarity, and intimacy. At doses above 20mcg, it may exhibit a "truth serum" effect, causing both the wearer and those around them to blurt out thoughts which would ordinarily be censored. Some have reported that beta androstenol tends to increase sociability and approach behavior. At very high concentrations, >100mcg, beta androstenol has been reported to induce a level of disinhibition comparable to drunkenness. Others report that this dose range induces a meditative state.

Many have compared the social effects of beta androstenol to its alpha isomer by saying that alpha androstenol increases the volume of conversation while beta androstenol increases the depth of conversation.

The first known beta-androstenol product was Androtics' Instant Honesty, which purportedly contained the pheromone in a 5:1 ratio with its alpha isomer. Recent versions of this product reportedly contain one additional unnamed molecule. Androtics' other main social product, Instant Openness, is purported to contain the reverse ratio of these two molecules. The discontinued Androtics product Come Talk To Me was purported to contain equal parts alpha and beta androstenol.