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| Jens Poltz, Jürgen Jacob | Requires cookie* | | | Title
|  | | | | Abstract
| The uropygial gland fats from four species of the family Corvidae are found to be mainly mono ester waxes, which consist of mono-, di-, and trimethyl substituted fatty acids and n-and methyl-branched alcohols. The positions of all methyl brandlings are even-numbered, the 2-position is preferred. About 2 — 40% of the secretions consist of triester waxes: Alkyl-hydroxy-malonic acids esterified with n-fatty acids and n-alcohols. Waxes of this type are very common in the uropygial gland fats of birds and therefore, in opposite to the monoester waxes, they are not usable for a chemotaxo nomy of birds. | | | |
Reference
| (Z. Naturforsch. 29c, 239 [1974]; eingegangen am 18. Februar 1974) | | | |
Published
| 1974 | | | |
Keywords
| Uropygial Gland Fat, Chemotaxonomy of Birds, Corvidae, Fatty acids, Alkanols | | | |
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