title: Lipids from the paracloacal glands of the chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).
abstract: Lipids from the paracloacal glands of adult Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Acetates, aliphatic alcohols, free fatty acids and waxes consisting primarily of hexadecanoates were indicated in the secretions of males and females. Cholesterol, a diterpene hydrocarbon, and a diterpene ketone were detected in secretions of males but not in those of females. Lipids identified in the paracloacal secretions ofA. sinensis are compared with those reported from the American alligator and other crocodilians.
authors: Southern Forest Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 39505, Gulfport, Mississippi.
authors: B S
authors: BS
authors: Dunn
authors: Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas.|Department of Herpetology, Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, 20008, Washington, D.C.
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Weldon
authors: National Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 66502, Manhattan, Kansas.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Howard
authors: Southern Forest Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 39505, Gulfport, Mississippi.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: McDaniel