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an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer

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the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer

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In spite of all the musk that now filled the room, the turpentine betrayed itself almost as soon as I cried "Stop!" Annabella, with a shriek of disgust, flung the bottle furiously into the fireplace.
Here she became hysterical, and vanished, leaving a mixed odor of musk and turpentine behind her, which preserved the memory of her visit for nearly a week afterward.
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 16, 2019-: Why Synthetic Musks Market may Skyrocket: Study Revealed which Players may turn Game | Chemicals, Puyang Yuantai Fine Chemicals
Synthetic fragrances known as polycyclic musks are added to soap, shampoo, deodorant, cleaning agents, cosmetics, and other consumer products.
Epel and Luckenbach suggest that people may face an elevated risk from pollutants whenever they apply to their bodies, or otherwise come in contact with, the artificial fragrances known as synthetic musks.
The I[C.sub.50] (concentration that inhibits 50%) reported for polycyclic musks was 2.34 [micro]M.
In his letter on our recent article in EHP (Luckenbach and Epel 2005), Salvito raises important questions about effects of the synthetic musk fragrances regarding a) human and environmental health effects, b) environmental concentrations of the musks, and c) uniqueness of inhibition of efflux transporters to the musks, the effect we described in our article.
People typically are exposed to musks transdermally, through soap, cosmetics, and clothes washed with scented detergents.
(1981, 1983) reported the presence of musks in the aquatic environment and biota in Japan, leading to similar investigations in Europe and North America (Balk and Ford 1999a; Bester et al.
The fierce and very public feud between Elon Musk and the rapper Azealia Banks was reignited on Friday after the tech billionaire's lawyers attacked the rappers' credibility in a filing in a shareholder lawsuit.