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Science 28 November 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3909, pp. 1158 - 1159
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3909.1158
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Naturally Occurring Diol Lipids: Dialkoxypentanes in Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Jaw Oil

Usha Varanasi 1 and Donald C. Malins 1

1 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Food Science Pioneer Research Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

Dialkyl ethers of diols (dialkoxyalkanes), naturally occurring lipids, have been isolated from the jaw oil of the porpoise Phocoena phocoena. The principal constituents are dialkoxypentanes containing two 18-carbon chains. The alkoxy linkage may play an important role in the metabolism of the diol lipids.

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