<P> Castoreum is also used to contribute to the flavor and odor of cigarettes . </P> <P> Medieval beekeepers used it to increase honey production . </P> <P> At least 24 compounds are known constituents of beaver castoreum . Some of these have pheromonal activity . These are the phenols 4 - ethylphenol and 1, 2 - dihydroxybenzene (catechol) and the ketones acetophenone and 3 - hydroxyacetophenone . Five additional compounds noted are 4 - methyl - 1, 2 - dihydroxybenzene (4 - methylcatechol), 4 - methoxyacetophenone, 5 - methoxysalicylic acid, salicylaldehyde, and 3 - hydroxybenzoic acid . Other neutral compounds are oxygen - containing monoterpenes such as 6 - methyl - l - heptanol, 4, 6 - dimethyl - l - heptanol, isopinocamphone, pinocamphone, two linalool oxides and their acetates . Other compounds are: benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, borneol, o - cresol, 4 - (4' - hydroxyphenyl) - 2 - butanone, hydroquinone, phenol . All those compounds are gathered from plant food . It also contains nupharamine alkaloids and castoramine, and cis - cyclohexane - 1, 2 - diol . </P> <Ul> <Li> Taxea, a secretion of the badger's subcaudal glands comparable in its medicinal use to the better - known castoreum </Li> <Li> Hyraceum, the petrified and rock - like excrement composed of urine and feces excreted by the cape hyrax (Procavia capensis), and a sought - after material that has been used in traditional South African medicine and perfumery </Li> </Ul>

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