Study of compositions of musks in different types secreted by forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245677
• Publication Date: 2021-03-16T17:22:44Z
• Authors: Tianxiang Zhang; Weijiang Jin; Shuang Yang; Yimeng Li; Meishan Zhang; Minghui Shi; Xiaobing Guo; Dawei Li; Baofeng Zhang; Shuqiang Liu; Defu Hu
• Keywords: Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Science; Deer; Q; R; Medicine; Animals; Forests; Research Article

Musk is a secretion of the forest musk deer ( Moschus berezovskii ). Normal brown solid with light fragrance. In this study, abnormal types musk, namely, white and black musks, were discovered during collection process. Researchers have long been concerned components musk. Herein, GC-MS, headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) used to analyze nonpolar organic components, volatile sample similarities among different respectively. Abundant steroid hormones proteins also found in The hormone concentrations detected using radioimmunoassay (RIA). Proteins samples hydrolyzed amino acids detected. acid significantly lower than normal musks (p<0.05). subjected NMDS analysis understand differences results suggesting that was from musks.