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An investigation of sugar‐cane cuticular wax

D. H. S. Horn, Magdalena Matić

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Abstract The saponified cuticular wax from sugar cane (N.Co 310 variety) was found to consist of an acid fraction (containing some triene‐unsaturated acids), small amounts of hydrocarbons in the C27–C31 range, and of lower and higher molecular weight substances made up of aliphatic alcohols (of which n‐octacosanol was identified as the main component), αβ‐unsaturated and saturated ketones. Some of these unidentified compounds are shown to be artefacts produced on heating and saponification of the original wax.

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Abstract The saponified cuticular wax from sugar cane (N.Co 310 variety) was found to consist of an acid fraction (containing some triene‐unsaturated acids), small amounts of hydrocarbons in the C27–C31 range, and of lower and higher molecular weight substances made up of aliphatic alcohols (of which n‐octacosanol was identified as the main component), αβ‐unsaturated and saturated ketones. Some of these unidentified compounds are shown to be artefacts produced on heating and saponification of the original wax.

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Abstract The saponified cuticular wax from sugar cane (N.Co 310 variety) was found to consist of an acid fraction (containing some triene‐unsaturated acids), small amounts of hydrocarbons in the C27–C31 range, and of lower and higher molecular weight substances made up of aliphatic alcohols (of which n‐octacosanol was identified as the main component), αβ‐unsaturated and saturated ketones. Some of these unidentified compounds are shown to be artefacts produced on heating and saponification of the original wax.

Key concepts: Wax, Saponification, Chemistry, Sugar, Fraction (chemistry), Cane, Organic chemistry, Sugar cane

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