The nonpolar egg wax lipids of the cattle tick,Boophilus microplus (Canestrini)
- 1 February 1977
- Vol. 12 (2) , 182-187
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02533291
Abstract
About 40% of the lipids of the egg wax ofBoophilus microplus are nonpolar and comprise hydrocarbons (10%) and was esters (90%). The hydrocarbon fraction is 87% unbranched alkanes, the major components being n-nonadecane (10.8%), n-eicosane (12.1%), and n-heneicosane (9.8%). This fraction also contains 2,4,6-cholestatriene (4.6%). The majority of the acids are branched (77%), the major components being 12-methyl-tetradecanoic (16.3%) and branched hexadecanoic acids (28%). The major alcohols are n26∶0 (20.4%), n28∶0 (47.3%) and n36∶0 (18.2%). A steroid, possibly 2,4,6-cholestatrien-25-ol (5.6%), is also present.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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