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Sperm whale head oil: Part I. The ester fraction

✍ Scribed by C.J. Challinor; R.J. Hamilton; K. Simpson


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1969
Tongue
English
Weight
245 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-3084

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✦ Synopsis


The wax esters of sperm whale head oil have been isolated and shown to range from C2a-Ca~ in chain length. The total wax esters were then fractionated according to the degree of unsaturation and the observed compositions have been compared to the values calculated assuming synthesis in a random fashion.