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Androstenone, a hormone-like compound, is compared to control castrate samples, while
produced in the testes and then migrates to in the dry cured ham only HM samples were
the salivary glands in the pig. It is also a good differentiated from the control group. A
indicator of boar taint in back fat as a result further analysis compared cooked pork loin
of the lipophilicity and hydrophobicity of and dry-cured ham from entires and castrates,
androstenones. Skatole, the other major con- and as expected, boar odor and flavor was
tributor to boar taint, is produced by the lower in castrates and higher in entires in
breakdown of tryptophan in the hind gut of cooked pork. In the equivalent dry-cured
the pig. The compound is both fat and water ham samples, boar odor was higher in entires
soluble. An extensive study of how boar taint than in castrates. However, generally low
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