Volatile sulfur compounds responsible for an offensive odor of the flat-head, Calliurichthys doryssus.
1. The volatiles of a flat-head, Calliurichthys doryssus, which gives out a characteristic offensive odor in living time, were analyzed by gas chromatography. 2. A large quantity of volatile sulfur compounds was detected in the flat-head; of which methyl mercaptan and/or dimethyl disulfide were judged to be responsible for the offensive odor. 3. The contents of methyl mercaptan and dimethyl disulfide were much higher in skin than in muscle and viscera.
D000818:Animals; D004220:Disulfides / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis*; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D013440:Sulfides / Q000032:analysis; D013455:Sulfur / Q000032:analysis*
D004220:Disulfides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C005231:methylmercaptan; C021181:dimethyl disulfide; D013455:Sulfur; C004784:dimethyl sulfide