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- The study focuses on the electrochemical behavior of skatole, a compound linked to the unpleasant odor in pork meat known as boar taint, using various metal and carbon electrodes.
- It demonstrates the ability to distinguish and separately measure skatole and indole, a related electroactive interferent, using affordable and disposable screen-printed electrodes (SPE).
- This represents a notable advancement over the previous colorimetric method developed by Mortensen in 1983.
Article Abstract
In this work, we study the electrochemical behaviour of skatole, one of the compounds responsible for the offensive smell in pork meat that is known as boar taint, at different metal and carbon electrodes. We then demonstrate for the first time that skatole and indole, the main electroactive interferent potentially present in real samples, can be discriminated and separately quantified using cheap and disposable screen printed electrodes (SPE). This implies significant progress compared to the colorimetric method reported by Mortensen in 1983.
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