Composition of the ventral gland-pad sebum from the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus.
The chemical composition of the gland-pad sebum of gerbils of both sexes is analysed using gas-liquid chromatographical and mass spectroscopical techniques and compared with the lipids from distal skin areas. Cholesterol esters, with (omega-1)-methyl-substituted fatty acids as acidic constituents, were shown to occur in the gland-pad sebum of both sexes in high concentrations, whereas cholesta-3,5-diene could be detected in the males only.
D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis
D008055:Lipids