Structural identification of the diester preen-gland waxes of the red knot(Calidris canutus)

Authors
Damste, JSS Dekker, M van Dongen, BE Schouten, S Piersma, T
Citation
Jss. Damste et al., Structural identification of the diester preen-gland waxes of the red knot(Calidris canutus), J NAT PROD, 63(3), 2000, pp. 381-384
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
ISSN journal
01633864 → ACNP
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
381 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-3864(200003)63:3<381:SIOTDP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The intact C-32-C-48 diester wax esters of the preen gland of the migrating bird Calidris canutus are shown, using synthesized standards, to comprise predominantly C-12-C-16 alkane-1,2-diols esterified with octanoic, decanoic , and dodecanoic acid at one position, and with predominantly even-numbered carbon fatty acids at the other position.