Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura

@article{Wood2004VolatileCI,
  title={Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura},
  author={William F. Wood and Brian G. Sollers and Gwen A. Dragoo and Jerry W. Dragoo},
  journal={Journal of Chemical Ecology},
  year={2004},
  volume={28},
  pages={1865-1870}
}
GC-MS analysis of the anal sac secretion from the hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, showed the following seven major components comprised 99% of the volatiles in this secretion: (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol, S-(E)-2-butenyl thioacetate, S-3-methylbutenyl thioacetate, 2-phenylethanethiol, 2-methylquinoline, and 2-quinolinemethanethiol. Minor volatile components identified in this secretion are phenylmethanethiol, S-phenylmethyl thioacetate, S-2-phenylethyl thioacetate, bis[(E)-2… 
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