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dc.contributor.authorRowland, Steven
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Paul
dc.contributor.authorvon der Lühe, B
dc.contributor.authorVolkman, JK
dc.contributor.authorVane, CH
dc.contributor.authorIngram, Simon
dc.contributor.authorDunn, C
dc.contributor.authorClaridge, D
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-01T14:49:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-01T14:49:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-17
dc.identifier.issn1478-6419
dc.identifier.issn1478-6427
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15729
dc.description.abstract

For nearly 200 years, the only natural source of the alcohol ambrein has been coproliths produced in about 1% of sperm whales and in related jetsam. However, the finding of ambrein in adipocere/faeces of human corpses, led us to hypothesise that ambrein might occur in the faeces of other mammals. Herein, we used a recently developed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method, with suitable derivatisation of the hindered hydroxy group of ambrein, to screen a number of extracts of mammalian faeces. Minor proportions of ambrein were detected in digested human sewage sludge and in the dung of elephant, domestic cattle, giraffe and buffalo. Whether ambrein formation in the terrestrial species is associated with coprolith formation, is unknown, but solid deposits known as enteroliths and fecaliths occur in humans and some domestic animals.

dc.format.extent1-6
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.subjectFaeces
dc.subjectmammals
dc.subjectambrein
dc.subjecthumans
dc.subjectsewage
dc.subjectsperm whale
dc.titleAmbrein: a minor, but common constituent of mammalian faeces?
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue22
plymouth.volume35
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalNatural Product Research
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14786419.2020.1731746
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-02-15
dc.rights.embargodate2021-3-17
dc.identifier.eissn1478-6427
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
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