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15-Methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol, a major constituent of hamster surface wax

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Long chain 1,2-alkanediol diesters comprise about 15–20% of the acetone soluble skin surface wax of golden Syrian hamsters. The constituent 1,2-alkanediols, obtained through acidic methanolysis, were fractionated by preparative gas liquid chromatography of their isopropylidene derivatives. The major component (57%) was identified by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry as 15-methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol.

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  1. The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 55912, Austin, Minnesota

    Pathica C. Schmid, Yuri Wedmid & Harald H. O. Schmid

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Schmid, P.C., Wedmid, Y. & Schmid, H.H.O. 15-Methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol, a major constituent of hamster surface wax. Lipids 13, 825–827 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533485

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