Triacylglycerol Estolides, a New Class of Mammalian Lipids, in the Paracloacal Gland of the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Lipids

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 591-604

  McLean, Stuart ^a   Davies, Noel W ^b   Nichols, David S ^b   McLeod, Bernie J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Diacylglycerol ether; Estolide; GC MS analysis; LC MS analysis; Marsupial; Paracloacal scent glands; Pheromone; Triacylglycerol; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; AMMONIA; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ETHER; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL ESTOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY; FEMALE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; METABOLISM; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRICHOSURUS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84930085654     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-015-4025-9     Document Type: Article

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