. 2021 Oct 6;8(10):210950. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210950

Table 2.

Lipid profile summary of the samples with evidence for beeswax and their controls (SE, solvent extract; AF, acid fraction; K, ketone). The maximum molecule in each category is bolded and the lipid marker sets that are characteristic of fresh beeswax are underlined.

vessel	sample	TLE (μg g⁻¹)		saturated fatty acids		unsaturated fatty acids		branched-chain fatty acids in AF	N-alkanes in SE	N-alcohols in SE	wax esters in SE	other molecules in SE and AF
vessel	sample	SE	AF	SE	AF	SE	AF	branched-chain fatty acids in AF	N-alkanes in SE	N-alcohols in SE	wax esters in SE	other molecules in SE and AF
NY-12	NY-12 interior layer 2	5.0	58.9	C_9:0, C_15:0, C₁₆_:₀, C_17:0, C_18:0	C_12:0, C_13:0, C_14:0, C_15:0, C_16:0, C_17:0, C₁₈_:₀, C_19:0, C_20:0, C_21:0, C_22:0, C_23:0, C_24:0, C_25:0, C_26:0, C_27:0, C_28:0, C_30:0	C_18:1	C_16:1, C_18:1, C_20:1	C_14:0, C_16:0	C₂₀, C₂₁, C₂₃. C₂₄, C₂₅, C₂₇, C₂₉	C₁₂, C₁₄, C₁₆, C₁₈, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, C₃₀	C₄₂, C₄₄, C₄₆	K₃₁, K₃₃, 1-monopalmitin, Cholesterol
NY-12	NY-12 exterior	1.4	—	C₁₆_:₀, C_18:0	—	—	—	—	C₂₀, C₂₁, C₂₂, C₂₃, C₂₄, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₂₉, C₃₁	C₁₄, C₁₆, C₁₈, C₂₀, C₂₂, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈	C₄₂, C₄₄	1-monopalmitin
TSF18-57	TSF18-57 internal crust	6.8	12.8	C_16:0, C_18:0	C_14:0, C_15:0, C_16:0, C_17:0, C₁₈_:₀, C_19:0, C_20:0, C_21:0, C_22:0, C_23:0, C_24:0, C_25:0, C_26:0, C_27:0, C_28:0, C_30:0	—	C_18:1, C_18:2	C_14:0–C_16:0	C₂₃, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₂₉, C₃₀, C₃₁, C₃₂, C₃₃	C₂₀, C₂₁, C₂₂, C₂₃, C₂₄, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₃₀, C₃₂, C₃₄	C₄₀, C₄₂, C₄₄, C₄₆, C₄₈	K₃₁
	TSF18-57 interior layer 2	3.1	5.6	C_9:0, C_10:0, C_15:0, C₁₆_:0, C_18:0, C_20:0, C_22:0, C_24:0, C_26:0, C_28:0	C_14:0, C_15:0, C_16:0, C_17:0, C₁₈_:₀, C_19:0, C_20:0, C_21:0, C_22:0, C_23:0, C_24:0, C_25:0, C_26:0, C_27:0, C_28:0	C_18:1	C_18:1, C_18:2	-	C₂₃, C₂₅, C₂₇, C₂₉, C₃₁	C₁₈, C₂₀, C₂₂, C₂₃, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₃₀, C₃₂	C₄₀, C₄₂, C₄₄, C₄₆	K₃₁, 1-monopalmitin, 1-monostearin
	TSF18-57 exterior	1.5	—	C_16:0, C₁₈_:0, C_28:0	—	—	—	—	C₁₄, C₂₃, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₉, C₃₀, C₃₁, C₃₃	C₂₂, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C_30, C₃₂	—	—
BB-21	BB-21 interior layer 2	55.3	86.4	C₁₆_:0, C_18:0, C_24:0	C_9:0–C_13:0, C_14:0, C_15:0, C_16:0, C_18:0, C_20:0, C_21:0, C_22:0, C_23:0, C₂₄_:₀, C_25:0, C_26:0, C_27:0, C_28:0, C_30:0	—	C_18:1	C_14:0, C_17:0	C₂₃, C₂₄, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₂₉, C₃₃, C₃₅, C₃₇	C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, C₃₀, C₃₂	C₄₀, C₄₂, C₄₄, C₄₆, C₄₈, C₅₀	K₃₃, C₁₄–C₃₀ dicarboxylic acids
BB-21	BB-21 soil	0.7	—	C₁₆_:₀, C_18:0, C_22:0, C_24:0, C_26:0	—	—	—	—	C₂₇, C₂₉	C₁₆, C₁₈, C₂₂, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, C₃₀	—	1-monopalmitin, β-Sitosterol, Campesterol, Stigmasterol, Ferruginol, 2,3-Dehydroferruginol, Sempervirol, Totarol
TS-4	TS-4 interior layer 2	0.6	2.8	C_16:0	C_14:0, C_15:0, C₁₆_:₀, C_17:0, C_18:0, C_20:0, C_22:0, C_23:0, C_24:0	—	C_16:1, C_18:1, C_18:2, C_20:1, C_22:1	C_14:0, C_15:0	C₂₇, C₂₉	C₁₆, C₁₈	—	1-monopalmitin, β-Sitosterol, Cholesterol
TS-4	TS-4 exterior	6.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇, C₂₈, C₂₉, C₃₀, C₃₁, C₃₃	C₁₈, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, C₃₀, C₃₂	C₄₀, C₄₂, C₄₄, C₄₆	—