Dimethyl sulphide: the secret for black truffle hunting by animals?
1990; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 94; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0953-7562(09)80630-8
ISSN1469-8102
AutoresThierry Talou, A. Gaset, Michel Delmas, M. Kulifaj, C. Montant,
Tópico(s)Identification and Quantification in Food
ResumoThe capacity of animals to detect underground black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) was studied by burying samples of 5α-androstenol, reported as a truffle pheromone, of Nature — Identical Black Truffle flavouring, and of solutions of the different volatile components previously identified in black truffles. Both trained truffle dogs and pigs detected exclusively the flavouring samples and the solutions of dimethyl sulphide which appeared to be responsible for the animals localization of black truffles.
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