title: Structural identification of the beta-hydroxy fatty acid-based diester preen gland waxes of shorebirds.
abstract: The intact C33-C52 diester wax esters of the preen gland of the shorebirds Limosa lapponica, Pluvialis squatarola, and Pluvialis fulva were determined, using synthesized standards, to comprise predominantly C12-C16 beta-hydroxy fatty acids esterified with a C8-C18 fatty acid at the beta-hydroxy position and with predominantly C12-C20 fatty alcohols esterified at the carboxyl group.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology and Marine Ecology and Evolution, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W Irene C
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Rijpstra
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reneerkens
authors.forename: Theunis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Piersma
authors.forename: Jaap S Sinninghe
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Damsté
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D006120:Grooming; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014885:Waxes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D014885:Waxes