sweat
Sweat (sweat) is a liquid that mammals secrete from the sweat glands of the skin. Approximately 99% is water, but it also contains various dissolved solids (mainly chloride). Also included are chemicals or aroma compounds such as o-cresol, p-cresol, and small amounts of urea. Sweating is called sweating. In humans, sweat is mainly a means of temperature regulation, but there are also theories that male sweat components also function as pheromones. It is widely believed that sweating with a sauna bath or the like has the effect of removing harmful substances from the body, but there is no scientific basis for this. Evaporation of perspiration from the skin surface has cooling effect by latent heat. Therefore, when the temperature is high or the individual's muscles are getting hot due to exercise, more sweat is secreted. Sweating is promoted also by tension and nausea, on the contrary it is suppressed by the cold. ...