Abstract
The novel fatty acids (Z)-6-nonadecenoic acid (1) and (Z)-17-pentacosenoic acid (2) were characterized in the spongeGeodia gibberosa. These fatty acids were mainly found in phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine.
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Abbreviations
- ECL:
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equivalent chain length
- FT-IR:
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Fourier transform-infrared
- GC/MS:
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gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
- TLC:
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thin-layer chromatography
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Carballelra, N.M., Rodriguez, J. Two novel phospholipid fatty acids from the caribbean spongeGeodia gibberosa . Lipids 26, 324–326 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02537145
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02537145