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Table I
Comparison between cuticular lipids from the bodies of workers (laying and non laying) and queens of the stingless bee Friesella schrottkyi. The four most abundant compounds in each column are printed bold.
| % of the total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non laying | Laying | Queen | ||||||
| Workers (n=3) | Workers (n=3) | (n=7) | ||||||
| Peak | Ret. Time | Compounds | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 1 | 23.06 | Heneicosene | t | 0.07 ± 0.07 | - | |||
| 2 | 23.45 | Heneicosane | - | - | 2.57 ± 1.13 | |||
| 3 | 23.98 | 11-Methylheneicosane | - | - | 0.26 ± 0.13 | |||
| 4 | 24.17 | γ-eicosanolactone * | - | - | 0.11 ± 0.10 | |||
| 5 | 24.55 | Oleic acid | - | - | 0.11 ± 0.19 | |||
| 6 | 26.10 | 7-Tricosene | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | - | |||
| 7 | 26.38 | Tricosane | 0.06 ± 0.03 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 1.42 ± 0.61 | |||
| 8 | 26.88 | 11-Methyltricosane | - | - | 0.26 ± 0.16 | |||
| 9 | 27.37 | 5-Methyltricosane | - | - | 0.22 ± 0.10 | |||
| 10 | 27.81 | Tetracosane | - | - | 0.74 ± 0.21 | |||
| 11 | 28.82 | 7-Pentacosene | 0.15 ± 0.11 | 0.07 ± 0.03 | - | |||
| 12 | 29.10 | Pentacosane | 0.33 ± 0.10 | 0.33 ± 0.03 | 43.78 ± 13.02 | |||
| 13 | 29.63 | 11-Methylpentacosane | - | - | 2.07 ± 0.67 | |||
| 14 | 29.88 | 5-Methylpentacosane | - | - | 1.12 ± 0.39 | |||
| 15 | 30.16 | 9, 15-Dimethylpentacosane | - | - | 0.64 ± 0.29 | |||
| 16 | 30.42 | Hexacosane | - | - | 1.06 ± 0.27 | |||
| 17 | 30.80 | 10, 15-Dimethylpentacosane | - | - | 0.38 ± 0.17 | |||
| 18 | 31.28 | 9-Heptacosene | 0.12 ± 0.03 | 0.07 ± 0.03 | 0.21 ± 0.09 | |||
| 19 | 31.60 | Heptacosane | 0.34 ± 0.18 | 1.13 ± 0.23 | 5.26 ± 2.87 | |||
| 20 | 32.08 | 11-Methylheptacosane | - | - | 8.38 ± 2.97 | |||
| 21 | 32.37 | 11, 15-Dimethylheptacosane | - | - | 1.23 ± 0.57 | |||
| 22 | 32.61 | 5, 17-Dimethylheptacosane | - | - | 2.50 ± 1.05 | |||
| 23 | 32.78 | Not identified | 0.23 ± 0.00 | 0.26 ± 0.23 | - | |||
| 24 | 32.89 | ??-Dimethylheptacosane | - | - | 1.19 ± 0.62 | |||
| 25 | 33.22 | 11-Methyloctacosane | - | - | 1.56 ± 0.62 | |||
| 26 | 33.74 | Nonacosene | 0.39 ± 0.53 | 0.10 ± 0.04 | 0.23 ± 0.12 | |||
| 27 | 34.00 | Nonacosane | 14.53 ± 22.06 | 68.82 ± 15.05 | 2.91 ± 2.72 | |||
| 28 | 34.40 | 11 and 13-Methylnonacosane | - | - | 16.66 ± 6.45 | |||
| 29 | 34.65 | 13,15-Dimethylnonacosane | - | - | 1.09 ± 0.87 | |||
| 30 | 34.93 | 5, 19-Dimethylnonacosane | - | - | 1.08 ± 0.48 | |||
| 31 | 35.14 | ??-Dimethylnonacosane | - | - | 0.33 ± 0.40 | |||
| 32 | 35.43 | 11, 17-Dimethylnonacosane | - | - | 0.28 ± 0.12 | |||
| 33 | 35.86 | Hentriacontadiene | 0.33 ± 0.14 | - | 0.41 ± 0.22 | |||
| 34 | 36.08 | 7-Hentriacontene | 6.91 ± 1.85 | 1.98 ± 1.38 | 0.22 ± 0.43 | |||
| 35 | 36.15 | Hentriacontane | 4.02 ± 2.64 | 9.28 ± 3.29 | - | |||
| 36 | 36.49 | 11 and 13 and 15-Methylhentriacontane | - | - | 0.50 ± 0.21 | |||
| 37 | 36.95 | 5, 19-Dimethylhentriacontane | - | - | 0.28 ± 0.12 | |||
| 38 | 37.66 | Octacosanyl acetate | t | t | - | |||
| 39 | 38.00 | Tritriacontadiene | 36.79 ± 14.51 | 4.08 ± 1.51 | 0.30 ± 0.33 | |||
| 40 | 38.19 | 7-Tritriacontene | 23.56 ± 4.27 | 6.20 ± 6.00 | 0.48 ± 0.58 | |||
| 41 | 38.48 | ??-Methyltritriacontane | - | - | 0.09 ± 0.13 | |||
| 42 | 38.95 | ??-Methyltritriacontane | - | - | t | |||
| 43 | 39.40 | Octacosanyl butyrate | t | t | - | |||
| 44 | 39.64 | Triacontanyl acetate | t | 0.31 ± 0.08 | - | |||
| 45 | 39.93 | Pentatritriacontadiene | 11.50 ± 5.06 | 1.18 ± 1.24 | t | |||
| 46 | 41.31 | Triacontanyl butyrate | t | t | - | |||
| 47 | 41.54 | Dotriacontanyl acetate | 0.15 ± 0.26 | 1.46 ± 0.53 | - | |||
| 48 | 43.14 | Dotriacontanyl butyrate | t | 0.30 ± 0.23 | - | |||
| 49 | 43.32 | Tetratriacontanyl acetate | 0.17 ± 0.29 | 3.02 ± 1.16 | - | |||
| 50 | 45.10 | Tetratriacontanyl butyrate | t | 0.41 ± 0.19 | - | |||
| 51 | 45.33 | Hexatriacontanyl acetate | t | 0.62 ± 0.18 | - | |||