Phytane is the isoprenoid alkane formed when phytol, a chemical substituent of chlorophyll, loses its hydroxyl group. When phytol loses one carbon atom...

and cyanobacteria. GGPP is also the precursor for the synthesis of the phytane by the action of the enzyme geranylgeranyl reductase. This compound is...

15-tetramethylhexadecane, a diterpenoid alkane Icosane, an alkane hydrocarbon Phytane, a diterpenoid alkane This set index page lists chemical structure articles...

order Procellariiformes and in mineral oil and some foods. Pristane and phytane are used in the fields of geology and environmental science as biomarkers...

porphyrin ring, phytol becomes the precursor of two biomarkers, pristane and phytane, which are important in the study of geochemistry and the determination...

P305+P351+P338 Flash point 218 °C (424 °F; 491 K) Related compounds Related alkanes Phytane Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard...

of non-marine origin tends to be in the form of polycyclic compounds or phytane. The biological markers also provide valuable information about the degradation...

15-tetramethylhexadecane, is an isoprenoid hydrocarbon compound. Unlike its isomer phytane, crocetane has a tail-to-tail linked isoprenoid skeleton. Crocetane has...

of biomarkers found in petroleum are pristane, triterpanes, steranes, phytane and porphyrin. Such petroleum biomarkers are produced via chemical synthesis...

lipids are a group of lipids containing cholesterol, hopanoids, carotenoid, phytane, and bisphytane. Although terpenoids are the main component of the membrane...

leaves. Phytane is a type of diterpenoid alkane. It is a breakdown product of chlorophyll, and is now used to estimate ancient CO2 levels. Phytane gives...

provide data on pristane and phytane abundances. 28,30-Bisnorhopane occurs in shales with very low pristane to phytane ratios, which is indicative of...

within many living organisms. These include terpenoids, terpenes, pristane, phytane, cholestane, chlorins and porphyrins, which are large, chelating molecules...

of isoprene units bound by ether bonds with six isoprene units (or two phytanes) linked together by a head-to-head linkage. Biphytane can be found in cyclic...

can also get hydrolyzed in some cases, with its side chains preserved as phytane or pristane, depending on the redox conditions. To analyze archaeol, lipids...

rates of isoprenoids. The correlation of δD difference between pristane, phytane and n-alkanes and other maturity indicators has been established across...

the Phanerozoic, as indicated by data from a product of chlorophyll – phytane from marine sediments and oils, is published by Witkowski et al. (2018)...

Langworthy, T. A.; Holzer, Günther; Oró, J. (1979-03-01). "Squalenes, phytanes and other isoprenoids as major neutral lipids of methanogenic and thermoacidophilic...

glycerol units are linked together by two strains which consist of two phytanes linked together to form a linear chain of 32 carbon atoms (40 carbons including...

detected in the Musenalp sample, and the regular isoprenoids pristane and phytane as well as n-alkanes yielded δ13C values (- 31 to - 30‰) that are typical...