Preservation of algaenan and proteinaceous material during the oxic decay of Botryococcus braunii as revealed by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and 13C NMR spectroscopy

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-497

  Nguyen, Reno T ^a,d   Harvey, H Rodger ^b   Zang, Xu ^a,e   Van Heemst, Jasper D H ^a   Hetényi, Magdolna ^c   Hatcher, Patrick G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d Grace Vydac   (United States)

^e Maxim Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PROTEINACEOUS MATERIALS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

EID: 0242585017     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00261-9     Document Type: Article

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