Specific physiological factors influence vaginal odor
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SUPPORTED
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Specific physiological factors, such as the composition of the vaginal microbiota and resulting metabolic byproducts like lactic acid and short-chain fatty acids, directly influence vaginal health and odor characteristics.
Evidence for · 3
Bacterial Communities in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis: High Resolution Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Relationships of Microbiota to Clinical Criteria
2012 · cited by 691
Paper [3] details how specific bacterial communities and diversity changes (such as bacterial vaginosis) relate to clinical presentations.
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Vaginal pH and Microbicidal Lactic Acid When Lactobacilli Dominate the Microbiota
2013 · cited by 560
Paper [6] demonstrates that specific physiological concentrations of lactic acid and acidic pH characterize the normal vaginal environment.
Antimicrobial and immune modulatory effects of lactic acid and short chain fatty acids produced by vaginal microbiota associated with eubiosis and bacterial vaginosis
2015 · cited by 393
Paper [9] examines how lactic acid and short-chain fatty acids produced by vaginal microbiota define normal eubiosis versus dysbiosis states.