Temporal aspects related to the perception of skatole and androstenone, the major boar odour compounds

Meat Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-70

  De Kock, H L ^a   Heinze, P H ^b   Potgieter, C M ^b   Dijksterhuis, G B ^c   Minnaar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute   (South Africa)

^c KVL Roy Vet A   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Odour perception; Sensory analysis; Skatole; Temporal

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035545674     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(00)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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