n-alkane profile of Argemone mexicana leaves.

نویسندگان

  • Indranil Bhattacharjee
  • Anupam Ghosh
  • Nandita Chowdhury
  • Soroj Kumar Chatterjee
  • Goutam Chandra
  • Subrata Laskar
چکیده

An n-hexane extract of fresh, mature leaves of Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae), containing thin-layer epicuticular waxes, has been analysed for the first time by TLC, IR and GLC using standard hydrocarbons. Seventeen long-chain alkanes (n-C18 to n-C34) were identified and quantified. Nonacosane (n-C29) was established as the n-alkane with the highest amount, whilst octadecane (n-C19) was the least abundant component of the extracted wax fraction. The carbon preference index (CPI) calculated for the hydrocarbon sample with the chain lengths between C18 and C34 was 1.2469, showing an odd to even carbon number predominance.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences

دوره 65 9-10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010