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Epicuticular waxes of four eragrostoid grasses

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83453-6
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  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute
FormatText, Article
SubjectBouteloua curtipendula; Muhlenbergia wrightii; Eragrostis trichoides; Sporobolus airoides; Gramineae; epicuticular wax composition; hydrocarbons; triterpenol esters; alkanols; octacosanol; dotriacontanol; aldehydes
Abstract
The major components of Sporobolus airoides wax were hydrocarbons (37%, C27–C33), those of Bouteloua curtipendula and Eragrostis trichoides waxes esters (28% and 31%, respectively) and those of Muhlenbergia wrightii wax free alcohols (57%, almost entirely C₂₈). Free alcohols formed 22% of the wax from B. curtipendula, 19 % of the wax from E. trichoides and 10% of the wax from S. airoides; the compositions ranged from C₂₆ to C₃₂ with C₃₂ the major component. These alcohol compositions are similar to those found for other species in the subfamily Eragrostoideae. The esters contain 32–46% of acylated triterpenols, principally α- and β-amyrins. Aldehydes were present in all the waxes except for that from S. airoides.
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PublisherElsevier
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  • Phytochemistry 23, no. 8 (January 1984): 1619–1623.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierS0031942200834536
NRCC-23140
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