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Surface lipids of Ligia oceanica ; Part II: The ester fractions
Author(s) -
Hamilton R. J.,
Raie M. Y.,
Weatherston I.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02635476
Subject(s) - wax , sterol , chemistry , diol , composition (language) , chromatography , fatty acid , gas chromatography , wax ester , organic chemistry , biochemistry , cholesterol , linguistics , philosophy
The surface lipids of Ligia oceanica have been isolated and fractionated into long chain wax esters, secondary alkylacetates, sterol esters, triglycerides, and alkenyl acyl diol esters. The fatty acid composition of these classes have been determined by gas liquid chromatography on Apiezon L, diethyleneglycol succinate and show that there are different biosynthetic pools of fatty acid for wax esters and triglycerides. The surface lipids have unusual constituents which may be important in water proofing the crustacean.