Biomolecules preserved in ca. 168 million year old fossil conifer wood

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-236

  Marynowski, Leszek ^a   Otto, Angelika ^b   Zatoń, Michał ^a   Philippe, Marc ^c   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Fossil conifer wood; Middle Jurassic

Indexed keywords

11,14 DIOXOPISIFERIC ACID; 6,7 DEHYDROFERRUGINOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DITERPENOID; FERRUGINOL DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; SUGIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOGENE; PLANT PRODUCT; TERPENE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; WOOD;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLAND; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 33847104164     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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