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An investigation of sugar‐cane cuticular wax
Author(s) -
Horn D. H. S.,
Matic M.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740081005
Subject(s) - wax , saponification , chemistry , sugar , fraction (chemistry) , cane , organic chemistry , sugar cane , chromatography , biology , agronomy
The saponified cuticular wax from sugar cane (N.Co 310 variety) was found to consist of an acid fraction (containing some triene‐unsaturated acids), small amounts of hydrocarbons in the C 27 –C 31 range, and of lower and higher molecular weight substances made up of aliphatic alcohols (of which n ‐octacosanol was identified as the main component), αβ ‐unsaturated and saturated ketones. Some of these unidentified compounds are shown to be artefacts produced on heating and saponification of the original wax.