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Incorporation of Propionic Acid into a Branched-chain Fatty Acid of the Preen Gland of the Goose

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MURRAY1 has recently isolated the two main acids of the secretion of the preen gland of the goose and has shown that they are 2,4,6,8-tetramethyldecanoic (I) and 2,4,6,8-tetramethylundecanoic acids (II).

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  1. RUDOLF E. NOBLE

    Present address: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California

  2. RUNE L. STJERNHOLM

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

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  1. Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette (Seine-et-Oise), France

    RUDOLF E. NOBLE, RUNE L. STJERNHOLM, DANIEL MERCIER & EDGAR LEDERER

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NOBLE, R., STJERNHOLM, R., MERCIER, D. et al. Incorporation of Propionic Acid into a Branched-chain Fatty Acid of the Preen Gland of the Goose. Nature 199, 600–601 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199600a0

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