Quantitative determination of androstenone in pig adipose tissue.
A simple, cheap and rapid method for the quantitative determination of the boar taint substance, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one, in pig adipose tissue is described. After saponification of the fat the androstenone is extracted, derivatised with o-(pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride in pyridine and analysed by fused-silica open-tubular capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detection.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000032:analysis*; D000736:Androstenes / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013552:Swine
D000736:Androstenes; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one