Reptilian chemistry: volatile compounds from paracloacal glands of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus).
The secretion of the paracloacal glands of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) contains over 80 lipophilic compounds, including saturated and unsaturated long-chain alcohols along with their formic, acetic, and butyric acid esters, and several isoprenoids. Most of these compounds were identified on the basis of mass spectra, obtained by GC-MS. In addition, identification of the major components was supported by infrared spectra obtained by GC-FTIR. Major differences are indicated in the composition of the paracloacal gland secretion of C. acutus and that of another crocodylid, the African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis).
García-Rubio
Silvina
S
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA.
Attygalle
Athula B
AB
Weldon
Paul J
PJ
Meinwald
Jerrold
J
D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D000489:Alligators and Crocodiles / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002070:Butadienes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D002988:Cloaca; D004952:Esters / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D007093:Imidazoles; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D010420:Pentanes; D012543:Scent Glands / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013256:Steroids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry
D000438:Alcohols; D002070:Butadienes; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004952:Esters; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D007093:Imidazoles; D010420:Pentanes; D013256:Steroids; C005059:isoprene; C038008:croconazole