A new non-saponifiable highly aliphatic
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M. Nip; E. W. Tegelaar; J. W. Leeuw; P. A. Schenck; P. J. Holloway
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Article
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1986
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Springer
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English
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Analysis of present-day plant cuticles by flash pyrolysis methods revealed the presence of a previously unknown, non-saponifiable highly aliphatic biopolymer. Its occurrence in fossil plant cuticles suggests a high chemical resistance towards diagenesis and offers a clue to the unraveling of the che