INVESTIGATION OF THE TRIACYLGLYCEROL COMPOSITION OF ICEMANS MUMMIFIEDTISSUE BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY

Authors
MAYER BX REITER C BEREUTER TL
Citation
Bx. Mayer et al., INVESTIGATION OF THE TRIACYLGLYCEROL COMPOSITION OF ICEMANS MUMMIFIEDTISSUE BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY, Journal of chromatography B. Biomedical sciences and applications, 692(1), 1997, pp. 1-6
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Analytical","Biochemical Research Methods
Journal title
Journal of chromatography B. Biomedical sciences and applications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13872273
Volume
692
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4347(1997)692:1<1:IOTTCO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The pattern of intact triacylglycerols of a skin sample from the 5300- year-old Iceman mummy (nicknamed Otzi) was resolved on a diphenyl-dime thylpolysiloxane stationary phase by high-temperature gas chromatograp hy. Adipocere from a 64-year-old glacier mummy as well as recent human subcutaneous fat served as a comparison in this study. Qualitatively, the results for mummy samples were similar with well-preserved satura ted, but decomposed unsaturated, triacylglycerols, the latter being pr edominant in subcutaneous fat. Excellent preservation of triacylglycer ols with odd carbon numbers and branched acyl chains was observed. The results presented here shed new light on the process of mummification .