Age-class differences in lipids from the paracloacal glands of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Ibrahim, Sayed A ^a   Avery, James W ^b   Weldon, Paul J ^c   Wheeler, James W ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,11,15 TRIMETHYLENEHEXADECA 1,6,10,14 TETRAENE; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; BUTANOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; DECYL ACETATE; DODECYL ACETATE; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXADECYL ACETATE; HEXANOIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLBUTANOIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCTANOIC ACID; TETRADECANOIC ACID; TETRADECYL ACETATE; UNDECYL ACETATE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 0031900642     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-3-410     Document Type: Article

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