The Composition of Wax Esters from the Egg Sac of Lecanium horii Kuwana

The wax esters from the egg sac lipids of L. horii were isolated and analyzed by chromatographic and other chemical methods. About 60% of the wet weight of egg sac was lipids. It was found that the almost all of the lipids in egg sac was wax esters. The composition of fatty acids and alcohols from t...

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Published inNippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 339 - 344
Main Authors HASHIMOTO, Akira, MUKAI, Katsunori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 1969
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Summary:The wax esters from the egg sac lipids of L. horii were isolated and analyzed by chromatographic and other chemical methods. About 60% of the wet weight of egg sac was lipids. It was found that the almost all of the lipids in egg sac was wax esters. The composition of fatty acids and alcohols from the wax esters was determined by gasliquid chromatography. The major acids present were behenic (38.2%) and lignoceric (54.0%) acids. The major alcohols were lignoceryl (60.2%) and ceryl (34.0%) alcohols. The results indicate that the wax esters may consisted mostly of straight long-chain fractions with 46, 48 and 50 carbon atoms. Some posible functions of the wax esters in egg sac are discussed.
ISSN:0002-1407
1883-6844
DOI:10.1271/nogeikagaku1924.43.339