The unusual occurrence of 14-methylhexadecanoic acid in Pinaceae seed oils among plants

Lipids

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 971-973

  Wolff, Robert L ^a   Christie, William W ^b   Coakley, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 METHYLHEXADECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALMITIC ACIDS; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; TREES;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; GINKGO BILOBA; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; LARIX; PICEA; PINACEAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; TAXACEAE; TAXUS BACCATA; TSUGA; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0030931458     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-997-0126-9     Document Type: Article

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