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Definition of Castoreum

Castoreum
Castoreum Cas*to"re*um, n. [L. See Castor.] A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

Meaning of Castoreum from wikipedia

- Castoreum /kæsˈtɔːriəm/ is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of mature beavers. Beavers use castoreum in combination with urine to scent mark their...
- Pediomelum castoreum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names beaver Indian breadroot and beaver dam breadroot....
- Castoreum is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesop****iaceae family. The genus, cir****scribed by English mycologists Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George...
- Historically, beavers have been hunted for their fur, meat, and castoreum. Castoreum has been used in medicine, perfume, and food flavoring; beaver pelts...
- 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...
- methyl ether analog of acetophenone. Acetanisole is found naturally in castoreum, the glandular secretion of the beaver. Acetanisole can be prepared synthetically...
- 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...
- Tincture of benzoin Tincture of cannabis Tincture of cantharides Tincture of castoreum Tincture of ferric citrochloride, a chelate of citric acid and Iron(III)...
- 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...
- 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...