Apocrine and Ecrine bromhidrosis : Why Onion eaters smell a lot ......

Apocrine bromhidrosis
Offensive body odour arising from apocrine gland secretion-
16androstenes
5 alpha androstenol
5 alpha androstenone
These steroids produce ammonia and € 3 methyl 2 hexenoic acid- short chain fatty acid producing odour by Corynebacterium action
Levels of 5 alpha reductase type 1 expressed in apocrine glands is increased in bromhidrosis. And so the levels of dihydrotestosterone in skin as compared to testosterone....

Ecrinre bromhidrosis
It is due to
Foods like

• Garlic
• onion(got to know why people have smell when they eat this more)
  
• cury
• asafoetida
• alcohol

Drugs (bromides)
Toxins
Metabolic disorders

• Hypermethionemia
• Isovaleric acedemia
• Phenyl ketonuria
• trimethyl amenuria(fish odor syndrome)
• Cat odor syndrome
• Sweaty feet syndrome