Ambrein: a minor, but common constituent of mammalian faeces?
dc.contributor.author | Rowland, Steven | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutton, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | von der Lühe, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Volkman, JK | |
dc.contributor.author | Vane, CH | |
dc.contributor.author | Ingram, Simon | |
dc.contributor.author | Dunn, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Claridge, D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-01T14:49:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-01T14:49:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06-17 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1478-6419 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1478-6427 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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.extent | 1-6 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Informa UK Limited | |
dc.subject | Faeces | |
dc.subject | mammals | |
dc.subject | ambrein | |
dc.subject | humans | |
dc.subject | sewage | |
dc.subject | sperm whale | |
dc.title | Ambrein: a minor, but common constituent of mammalian faeces? | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 22 | |
plymouth.volume | 35 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Natural Product Research | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14786419.2020.1731746 | |
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 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-02-15 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2021-3-17 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1478-6427 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1080/14786419.2020.1731746 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-06-17 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |