Determination of cloacal scent-gland lipids from two sympatric snakes, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) and the Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti)

Journal of Planar Chromatography - Modern TLC

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Young, Bruce A ^a   Frazer, Betsy A ^a   Fried, Bernard ^a   Lee, Meredith ^a   Lalor, Julia ^a   Sherma, Joseph ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon; Cloacal glands; Crotalus; Defensive behavior; Lipids; Snakes; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CLOACA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCENT GLAND; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032856613     PISSN: 09334173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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