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    Castoreum /kæsˈtɔːriəm/ is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of mature beavers. Beavers use castoreum in combination with urine to scent mark their...
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  • Castoreum is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, circumscribed by English mycologists Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George...
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    Historically, beavers have been hunted for their fur, meat, and castoreum. Castoreum has been used in medicine, perfume, and food flavoring; beaver pelts...
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  • Pediomelum castoreum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names beaver Indian breadroot and beaver dam breadroot....
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    cheese, apricot, banana, beef, and cauliflower. It is also a component of castoreum, the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature beaver. In the late 19th...
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    methyl ether analog of acetophenone. Acetanisole is found naturally in castoreum, the glandular secretion of the beaver. Acetanisole can be prepared synthetically...
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    flavor notes are sometimes theorized to have been originally flavored with castoreum. A similar flavor has been sold in both Italy and Malta under the name...
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    Cyclohexane-1,2-diol is a chemical compound found in castoreum. It can exist in either cis- or trans-isomers. The enzyme cyclohexane-1,2-diol dehydrogenase...
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    Tincture of benzoin Tincture of cannabis Tincture of cantharides Tincture of castoreum Tincture of ferric citrochloride, a chelate of citric acid and Iron(III)...
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    3-Hydroxyacetophenone is a chemical compound. It is a component of castoreum, the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature beaver. Humans excrete small...
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