1. Study of compositions of musks in different types secreted by forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)
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Baofeng Zhang, Shuang Yang, Defu Hu, Weijiang Jin, Minghui Shi, Meishan Zhang, Tianxiang Zhang, Xiaobing Guo, Dawei Li, Shuqiang Liu, and Yimeng Li
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Moschus berezovskii ,Physiology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Social Sciences ,Forests ,Biochemistry ,Cortisol ,Mass Spectrometry ,Analytical Chemistry ,Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated ,Spectrum Analysis Techniques ,Psychology ,Lipid Hormones ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Mammals ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Chemistry ,Chromatographic Techniques ,Eukaryota ,Ruminants ,Amino acid ,Smell ,Vertebrates ,Physical Sciences ,Amino Acid Analysis ,Medicine ,Sensory Perception ,Research Article ,Science ,Zoology ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ,Steroid ,medicine ,Sex Hormones ,Animals ,Molecular Biology Techniques ,Molecular Biology ,Secretion ,Molecular Biology Assays and Analysis Techniques ,Steroid Hormones ,Nonmetric multidimensional scaling ,Deer ,Organisms ,Cognitive Psychology ,Biology and Life Sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,Hormones ,Steroid hormone ,Amniotes ,Cognitive Science ,Perception ,Organic component ,Physiological Processes ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Musk is a secretion of the forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii). Normal musk is a brown solid secretion with a light fragrance. In this study, abnormal types of musk, namely, white and black musks, were discovered during the musk collection process. Researchers have long been concerned with the components of musk. Herein, GC-MS, headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) were used to analyze the nonpolar organic components, volatile organic components, and sample similarities among different musks, respectively. Abundant steroid hormones and proteins were also found in the musk. The steroid hormone concentrations were detected using a radioimmunoassay (RIA). Proteins in the samples were hydrolyzed and the amino acids concentrations were detected. The steroid hormone and amino acid concentrations in white musk were significantly lower than in normal and black musks (p
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- 2020