Variation in skin surface lipid composition among the equidae
| Autor: | Sabin W. Colton, Donald T. Downing |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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Chemical Phenomena
Surface Properties Physiology Asinus Lipid composition Zoology Biochemistry Species Specificity biology.animal Skin surface Animals Horses Molecular Biology Perissodactyla Skin chemistry.chemical_classification biology Onager General Medicine biology.organism_classification Lipids Equus Chemistry chemistry Cholesterol Esters Equidae Lactone |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry. 75:429-433 |
| ISSN: | 0305-0491 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0305-0491(83)90353-x |
| Popis: | 1. 1. Skin surface lipidsfrrom Equus caballus, E. przewalskii, E. asinus, E. grevyi, E. hemionus onager and a mule (E. asinus/E. caballus) were analyzed in detail. 2. 2. In all species the surface lipid mixtures consisted of giant-ring lactones, cholesterol, cholesteryl esters and minor amounts of wax diesters. 3. 3. In E. caballus, the lactone hydroxyacids were entirely branched chained, while in E. asinus and E. grevyi they were almost exclusively straight chained. In E. przewalskii, the onager and the mule there were both straight and branched chain hydroxyacid lactones. 4. 4. These results are in harmony with published interpretations of the evolutionary relationships among Equus species. |
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