Steroid sulfur, aromatic compound

Several sulfur compounds have been detected as volatile constituents of truffles. 2,4-Dithiapentane is a major component of the volatile aromatic compounds of the Italian white truffle, Tuber magnatum. Over 120 compounds have been detected in the black Perigord truffle, T. melanosporum. These include dimethyl sulfide, 2-methylbutanol, 2-methylpropanal and2-methylpropan-l-ol. The nutty and earthy flavour is attributed to anisoles and polymethoxybenzenes. Truffles also produce a volatile steroid, androst-16-en-3-one (7.67), which when more concentrated has an unpleasant smell. The combination of these compounds produces an odour that is a powerful animal attractant. The capacity of animals to detect the presence of underground black truffles by these substances has been evaluated by burying samples of the different compounds. The animals located the dimethyl sulfide lure as well as the black truffle flavouring. 

Ten per cent of the urinary sulfur is in the form of organic sulfate. Organic sulfates are formed in liver by the conjugation of sulfates with aromatic compounds, steroids, or other hydroxyl compounds. Inorganic sulfate is first activated in the presence of ATP and a specific enzyme, then the inorganic sulfate is converted to adenosine-3 -phosphate-5 -phosphosul-fate with pyrophosphate as a by-product of the reac-... 

This section includes oxidations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, alkenes and cycloalkenes, dienes, alkynes, aromatic fluorocarbons, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones and carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, nitrogen compounds, and organoelement compounds, such as boron, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and iodine compounds, and steroids. 

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