Characterization of hydrocarbons from the Yayoi strain of the green microalga Botryococcus braunii

✍ Scribed by Shigeru Okada; Masahiro Murakami; Katsumi Yamaguchi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 85 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0958-0344
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1565(199707)8:4<198::aid-pca360>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

Hydrocarbons from a new strain of the green microalga Botryococcus braunii, the Yayoi strain, were characterized. Normal phase high pressure liquid chromatography on a silver nitrate-coated silica gel column was effective to isolate the hydrocarbons. Chemical structures of a C 34 and two novel C 33 botryococcene isomers, in addition to known hydrocarbons, were elucidated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry.