WAX COMPOSITION OF SARGASSUM FULVELLUM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85064-4

Sixty-seven compounds were characterized in the wax of Sargassum fulvellum.Characteristic components were the 5-methylhexyl esters of octanoic, decanoic, lauric, myristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic, and the 2-ethylhexyl esters of the same acids.The wax of S. fulvellum contains hydrocarbons (1.6percent), esters (21.8percent), free acids (74.9percent) and free alcohols (0.3percent).The principal free alcohols range in chain length only from C6 to C7. - Key Word Index: Sargassum fulvellum; Sargassaceae; Phaeophyta; wax; 5-methylhexyl esters; 2-ethylhexyl esters; 5-methylhexanol; 2-ethylhexanol.