title: Separation and identification of hydrocarbons and other volatile compounds from cultured blue-green alga Nostoc sp. by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using serially coupled capillary columns with consecutive nonpolar and semipolar stationary phases.
abstract: The complex hydrocarbons and volatile compounds produced by cultured blue-green alga Nostoc sp. were separated by serially coupled capillary columns with consecutive nonpolar and semipolar stationary phases. More than 130 metabolites including, cyclohexane, cyclopentane, normal saturated hydrocarbons (C7-C30), fatty acids and benzene derivatives were identified by GC-MS. The most abundant family of hydrocarbons identified were derivatives of cyclohexane (41) and cyclopentane (11). Most of these compounds have not been reported previously in blue-green algae studies.
authors.affiliation: Group of Natural Lipids, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. dvalery@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Dembitsky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shkrob
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dor
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012997:Solvents
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D012997:Solvents