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I HAVE just found a short reference in the Bulletin Analytique to a preliminary note of P. G. Stevens1 on “American musk. II. A preliminary note on the scent glands of the beaver”, describing the isolation of benzene derivatives. I do not know if more detailed papers have been published since on that subject.
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LEDERER, E. Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Scent Glands of the Beaver (Castor fiber). Nature 157, 231–232 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157231c0
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