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Isolation and Compositional Analysis of Plant Cuticle Lipid Polyester Monomers
Published on: November 22, 2015
Skimmiwallinin, an additional skimmiwallinol derivative from the cuticular wax of Cocos nucifera
Fabiola Escalante-Erosa1, Germán Carnevali Fernández-Concha, Luis M Peña-Rodríguez
1Grupo de Química Orgánica, Unidad de Biotecnología, Mérida, Yucatán 97200, México.
Abstract:
AgNO3-impregnated prep-TLC purification of the wax extract of Cocos nucifera allowed the isolation and identification of skimmiwallinin as an additional skimmiwallinol derivative from the cuticular wax of coconut palms. Identification was based on the comparison of its spectroscopic data with those reported in the literature.
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