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. 2016 Nov 29;5:e20375. doi: 10.7554/eLife.20375

Table 1. Table of all components identified by GC-MS in TF of C. floridanus.

Molecules marked with black dots (•) were found only in TF and not on the cuticle. Peak ID corresponds to Figure 3.

Rt (min) MW Proposed MF Proposed structure RI(a) Peak ID
13.35 212 C15H32 Pentadecane 1500
14.05 226 C16H34 5-methylpentadecane 1541
15.05 226 C16H34 Hexadecane 1600
16.47 240 C17H36 Heptadecane 1700
17.06 254 C18H38 7-methylheptadecane 1742
17.83 254 C18H38 Octadecane 1800
19.15 268 C19H40 Nonadecane 1900
19.89 295 C21H44 *-trimethyloctadecane 1950
19.97 256 C16H32O2 n-Hexadecanoic acid 1956
20.17 282 C18H34O2 Hexadecenoic acid, ethyl ester 1970
20.50 284 C18H36O2 Ethyl palmitate 1992
20.62 282 C20H42 Eicosane 2000
20.98 268 C18H36O Octadecanal 2020
22.89 280 C18H32O2 Linoleic acid 2125
23.03 282 C18H34O2 Oleic acid 2137
23.46 308 C20H36O2 *-Octadecadienoic acid, ethyl ester (possibly Ethyl linoleate) 2155
23.59 310 C20H38O2 Ethyl oleate 2165
24.30 310 C22H46 Docosane 2200
26.27 322 C23H46 *-tricosene 2279
26.56 324 C23H48 Tricosane 2300
29.08 338 C24H50 Tetracosane 2400
30.76 352 C25H52 2-methyltetracosane 2461
31.05 350 C25H50 *-pentacosene 2472
31.26 350 C25H50 *-pentacosene 2480
31.80 352 C25H52 Pentacosane 2500
34.69 366 C26H54 Hexacosane 2600
36.37 380 C27H56 4-methylhexacosane 2658
36.91 378 C27H54 *-heptacosene 2675
37.70 380 C27H56 Heptacosane 2700
39.19 394 C28H58 5-methylheptacosane 2755
40.63 394 C28H58 Octacosane 2800
41.36 422 C30H62 *-trimethylheptacosane 2835
41.88 408 C29H60 4-methyloctacosane 2860
42.23 406 C29H58 *-nonacosene 2877
42.47 422 C30H62 2,10-dimethyloctacosane 2889 G
42.70 408 C29H60 Nonacosane 2900 H
42.90 422 C30H62 *-dimethyloctacosane 2918
43.29 422 C30H62 9-methylnonacosane 2938
43.36 422 C30H62 7-methylnonacosane 2942
43.51 422 C30H62 5-methylnonacosane 2951
43.79 436 C31H64 7,11-dimethylnonacosane 2968
43.90 422 C30H62 3-methylnonacosane 2976 E
43.96 436 C31H64 5,9-dimethylnonacosane 2980 K
44.12 450 C32H66 *-trimethylnonacosane 2991
44.42 436 C31H64 3,7-dimethylnonacosane 3008 B
44.74 450 C32H66 3,7,11-trimethylnonacosane 3036 Q
45.01 464 C33H68 3,7,11,15-tetramethylnonacosane 3056
45.05 436 C31H64 *-methyltriacontane (likely 4-) 3060 R
45.30 434 C31H62 *-hentriacontene 3074
45.45 450 C32H66 4,10-dimethyltriacontane 3088 S
45.54 386 C27H46O Cholesterol-like 3090 A
45.70 436 C31H64 Hentriacontane 3100 M
46.00 464 C33H68 *-dimethylhentriacontane (likely 9,13) 3139 C
46.56 464 C33H68 5,9-dimethylhentriacontane 3187 D
46.69 492 C35H72 *-pentamethyltriacontane (possibly 7,11,15,19,23) 3199 J
46.93 478 C34H70 *-trimethylhentriacontane (likely 3,7,11-) 3223 O
47.15 492 C35H72 5,9,11,15-tetramethylhentriacontane 3245 N
47.59 492 C35H72 *-trimethyldotriacontane or *-tetramethylhentriacontane 3289 P
48.78 506 C36H74 *-Trimethyltritriacontane (possibly 9,13,17) 3412 L
49.67 520 C37H76 *-trimethyltetratriacontane 3500
50.28 534 C38H78 *-tetramethyltetratriacontane 3554