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Concentrations of Boar Taint Compounds Are Weakly Associated with Sexual Behavior of Young Boars

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Strategies to control boar taint (BT) in meat relies on the reduction of skatole, indole, and androstenone concentration. This might have unfavorable effects on the libido of breeding boars.
Elena Boschi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial degradation of steroid sex hormones: implications for environmental and ecological studies

open access: yesMicrobial Biotechnology, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 926-949, July 2020., 2020
Aerobic degradation of steroid hormones relies on O2 as a co‐substrate of oxygenases to activate and to cleave the recalcitrant steroidal core ring. To date, two oxygen‐dependent degradation pathways—the 9,10‐seco pathway for androgens and the 4,5‐seco pathways for estrogens—have been characterized.
Yin‐Ru Chiang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Batrachopolyenes: Volatile Norsteroids from Femoral Scent Glands of Frogs

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, Volume 137, Issue 7, February 10, 2025.
A new family of volatile steroidal natural products, the batrachopolyenes, have been isolated and identified from torrent frogs. A total synthesis established their structure. These norsteroids contain a unique contracted A‐ring and unusual functionalization across the structural core, which were installed along a divergent total synthetic sequence ...
Matthew Stell   +7 more
wiley   +2 more sources

IMPLEMENTATION OF GENOMIC INFORMATION IN SELECTION OF BOARS ON SKATOLE AND ANDROSTENONE CONCENTRATIONS [PDF]

open access: yesPoljoprivreda, 2015
Genomic predictors offer an opportunity to overcome the limitations of classical selection against boar taint, and this study evaluated different approaches to obtain such predictors. Samples from 941 pigs were included in a design which was dominated by
Boris Lukić
doaj   +1 more source

Annual banned‐substance review – Analytical approaches in human sports drug testing

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 7-26, January 2020., 2020
Detection assays for drugs and methods of sports doping published between 2018 and 2019 are critically reviewed and evaluated in context with the Prohibited List 2019 as established by the World Anti‐Doping Agency. Abstract Within the complex construct of today's antidoping work, continuously updated routine doping controls, as well as advancements in ...
Mario Thevis, Tiia Kuuranne, Hans Geyer
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of testosterone, androstenone, and estradiol metabolism in HepG2 cells and primary culture pig hepatocytes and their effects on 17βHSD7 gene expression.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Steroid metabolism is important in various species. The accumulation of androgen metabolite, androstenone, in pig adipose tissue is negatively associated with pork flavor, odour and makes the meat unfit for human consumption.
Gang Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

RNA deep sequencing reveals novel candidate genes and polymorphisms in boar testis and liver tissues with divergent androstenone levels. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Boar taint is an unpleasant smell and taste of pork meat derived from some entire male pigs. The main causes of boar taint are the two compounds androstenone (5α-androst-16-en-3-one) and skatole (3-methylindole).
Asep Gunawan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards entire male pigs in Europe: a perspective from the Spanish supply chain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In pig production, surgical castration is primarily performed to avoid boar taint and for management purposes. The European Commission plans to end surgical piglet castration voluntarily by 2018.
Avena, Maria   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Ability to smell androstenone is genetically determined. [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1984
Some adult humans cannot detect the odor of androstenone (5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one), a volatile steroid. To test for the presence of genetic variance associated with this trait, adult twins were tested for their ability to smell androstenone and another odorant, pyridine, that is readily perceived by most adults. Ascending concentration, two-sample (
C J, Wysocki, G K, Beauchamp
openaire   +2 more sources

Effect of polymorphism in the porcine cytochrome b5 (CYB5A) gene on androstenone and skatole concentrations and sexual development in Swedish pig populations

open access: yesAnimal, 2008
The present study investigated the presence of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (G > T) at base −8 upstream of ATG in 5′ untranslated region of cytochrome b5 (CYB5A) gene in Swedish pig populations and evaluated the significance of this polymorphism for ...
G. Zamaratskaia   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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