Unusual alkanes pattern of some plant cuticular waxes

Abstract

Eight gas chromatograms present an unusual composition of alkanes ( including branched alkanes) from cuticular waxes. In plants of a lower phylogenetic class (liverwort, lichens), further in seeds and sprouts of tubers (Solanaceae) and especially in the anthers and pollens of some plants a high proportion of branched alkanes has been found (up to 72%).