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Surface lipids of Ligia oceanica ; Part II: The ester fractions

1976; Wiley; Volume: 53; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02635476

1558-9331

Richard Hamilton, M. Y. Raie, Iain Weatherston,

Insect Pheromone Research and Control

Abstract 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.