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Identification of wax esters in Tetrahymena pyriformis
Author(s) -
Wheeler Marcia Anne,
Holmlund Chester E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532491
Subject(s) - tetrahymena pyriformis , wax , lipidology , long chain , tetrahymena , chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , clinical chemistry , biology , polymer science
Wax esters, isolated from Tetrahymena pyriformis , have been found to contain 45% branched chain alcohols and 76% branched chain fatty acids. No esters of tetrahymanol or of sterols were found.