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Non‐Polar Lipid Components of Human Cerumen
Author(s) -
Stránský Karel,
Valterová Irena,
Kofroňová Edita,
Urbanová Klára,
Zarevúcka Marie,
Wimmer Zdeněk
Publication year - 2011
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/s11745-011-3564-y
Subject(s) - squalene , chemistry , wax , chromatography , gas chromatography , lipidology , mass spectrometry , cholesterol , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Human cerumen was separated by column chromatography into the following groups of compounds: hydrocarbons, squalene, wax esters and cholesterol esters, triacylglycerols, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols, monoacylglycerols, free cholesterol, free sterols, and free hydroxy acids. The groups of compounds obtained were examined in detail by gas chromatography and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. In total, about one thousand compounds have been identified.