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Nutritional Influences on Skatole Formation and Skatole Metabolism in the Pig
Skatole is a tryptophan metabolite with fecal odor. Skatole and the testicular steroid androstenone are regarded as the main compounds leading to ‘boar taint,’ a sex-specific odor from pork taken from entire males, as elevated concentrations of both substances may be found in adipose boars tissue. H...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26486918 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani2020221 |