Reptilian chemistry: Volatile compounds from paracloacal glands of the american crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Silvina García-Rubio; Athula B. Attygalle; Paul J. Weldon; Jerrold Meinwald

doi:10.1023/A:1015288726605

Reptilian chemistry: Volatile compounds from paracloacal glands of the american crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Silvina García-Rubio, Athula B. Attygalle, Paul J. Weldon, Jerrold Meinwald

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The secretion of the paracloacal glands of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) contains over 80 lipophilic compounds, including saturated and unsaturated long-chain alcohols along with their formic, acetic, and butyric acid esters, and several isoprenoids. Most of these compounds were identified on the basis of mass spectra, obtained by GC-MS. In addition, identification of the major components was supported by infrared spectra obtained by GCFTIR. Major differences are indicated in the composition of the paracloacal gland secretion of C. acutus and that of another crocodylid, the African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	769-781
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015288726605
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

American crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
Fatty esters
Formates
GC-FTIR.
Mass spectrometry
Paracloacal glands

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Reptilian chemistry: Volatile compounds from paracloacal glands of the american crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

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