Mid-chain branched alkanoic acids from 'living fossil' demosponges: A link to ancient sedimentary lipids?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Thiel, Volker ^a,b   Jenisch, Angela ^a   Wörheide, Gert ^b   Löwenberg, Antje ^a   Reitner, Joachim ^b   Michaelis, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Demosponges; Isoprenoic acids; Mid chain branched alkanes; Mid chain branched alkanoic acids

Indexed keywords

DEMOSPONGES; ISOPRENOIC ACIDS; METHYLDOCOSANOIC ACIDS; METHYLHEXADECANOIC ACIDS; METHYLOCTADECANOIC ACIDS; METHYLTETRACOSANOIC ACIDS;

BIOMARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAFFINS;

LIPIDS;

EID: 0032987699     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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