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  • Title: Quantitative determination of the boar taint compounds androstenone, skatole, indole, 3α-androstenol and 3β-androstenol in wild boars (Sus scrofa) reveals extremely low levels of the tryptophan-related degradation products.
    Author: Fischer J, Wüst M.
    Journal: Food Chem; 2012 Dec 15; 135(4):2128-32. PubMed ID: 22980780.
    Abstract:
    The major boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole as well as the minor compounds indole, 3α-androstenol and 3β-androstenol were determined in back fat samples of 23 male wild boars by applying a recently published SIDA-HS-SPME-GC/MS method. The boar pheromones androstenone, 3α-androstenol and 3β-androstenol were found in extraordinary high concentrations, resulting in mean values of 3329ng/g androstenone, 1273 ng/g 3α-androstenol and 545 ng/g 3β-androstenol. Interestingly, skatole was not detectable in about 50% of the boars and negligibly low in all other samples as expressed by a mean skatole value of only 14 ng/g. Indole was also found in every sample, but again in low concentrations with a mean value of 40 ng/g. Possible factors explaining this remarkably low skatole deposition in wild boars such as intestinal flora and anatomy, dietary composition, housing or genetic predisposition are discussed in this paper.
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