Ethyl-branched aldehydes, ketones, and diketones from caimans (Caiman and Paleosuchus; Crocodylia, Reptilia)

…, B Flachsbarth, S Schulz, U Hentschel…

Index: Krueckert, Karsten; Flachsbarth, Birte; Schulz, Stefan; Hentschel, Ute; Weldon, Paul J. Journal of Natural Products, 2006 , vol. 69, # 6 p. 863 - 870

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Abstract

Secretions from the paracloacal glands of alligators (Alligator spp.) and caimans (Caiman spp., Melanosuchus niger, and Paleosuchus spp.) were examined by GC-MS. The secretions of the common caiman (C. crocodilus), the broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris), the yacare caiman (C. yacare), the dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus), and the smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus) yielded a new family of 43 aliphatic carbonyl compounds that ...