Very long-chain phenylpropyl and phenylbutyl esters from Taxus baccata needle cuticular waxes
作者:Reinhard Jetter、Adelheid Klinger、Stefanie Schäffer
DOI:10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00286-8
日期:2002.11
The cuticular wax of Taxus baccata L. needles was found to contain four different classes of long-chain esters that were identified by various chemical transformations with product assignment employing GC-MS. Homologous series of (1) 3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)propyl esters Of C-20-C-36 fatty acids, (2) 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butyl esters Of C-18-C-28 fatty acids, (3) 3-(3',4'-dihydroxyphenyl)propyl esters Of C-20-C-32 fatty acids, and (4) 4-(3',4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-butyI esters Of C-18-C-28 fatty acids were identified. The four compound classes amounted to 0.1-3.6 mug/cm(2) of needle surface area, corresponding to 0.2-7.6% of the wax mixture, respectively. While both phenylpropyl ester series had a maximum for the homolog containing tetracosanoic acid, in the phenylbutyl esters homologs containing eicosanoic and docosanoic acids predominated. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.