Structural identification of the beta-hydroxy fatty acid-based diester preen gland waxes of shorebirds.
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.
Rijpstra
W Irene C
WI
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.
Reneerkens
Jeroen
J
Piersma
Theunis
T
Damsté
Jaap S Sinninghe
JS
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*
D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D014885:Waxes