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Table II

Comparison between body lipids and head extracts of non-laying workers of the stingless bees Friesella schrottkyi. The four most abundant compounds in bodies and heads are printed bold.

% of the total (n=3)

CH Head

Peak Ret. Time Compounds Mean SD Mean SD
1 5.84 Nonanal - 0.30 ± 0.19
2 9.11 Geranial - 0.23 ± 0.08
3 9.71 Neral - 0.35 ± 0.06
4 21.05 Not identified - 0.11 ± 0.11
5 23.06 Heneicosene t 0.95 ± 0.24
6 23.45 Heneicosane - 0.09 ± 0.02
7 24.71 Methyl oleate - 0.16 ± 0.05
8 26.10 7-Tricosene 0.15 ± 0.01 10.57 ± 4.51
9 26.38 Tricosane 0.06 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.07
10 27.07 Not identified - 0.63 ± 0.11
11 27.92 Octadecyl butyrate - 0.38 ± 0.45
12 28.82 7-Pentacosene 0.15 ± 0.11 1.30 ± 0.09
13 29.10 Pentacosane 0.33 ± 0.09 0.69 ± 0.23
14 30.45 Octadecyl hexanoate - 0.69 ± 0.66
15 31.28 9-Heptacosene 0.12 ± 0.03 0.25 ± 0.17
16 31.60 Heptacosane 0.34 ± 0.18 0.39 ± 0.24
17 32.78 Not identified 0.23 ± 0.00 0.67 ± 0.80
18 33.74 Nonacosene 0.39 ± 0.53 0.29 ± 0.08
19 34.00 Nonacosane 14.60 ± 22.19 4.78 ± 2.25
20 35.05 Octadecyl decanoate - 0.29 ± 0.26
21 35.86 Hentriacontadiene 0.33 ± 0.14 1.40 ± 0.08
22 36.08 7-Hentriacontene 6.92 ± 1.84 26.77 ± 2.99
23 36.15 Hentriacontane 4.04 ± 2.66 2.38 ± 0.55
24 37.66 Octacosanyl acetate t -
25 38.00 Tritriacontadiene 36.82 ± 14.45 30.88 ± 2.34
26 38.19 7-Tritriacontene 23.59 ± 4.21 13.97 ± 4.07
27 39.40 Octacosanyl butyrate t -
28 39.64 Triacontanyl acetate t -
29 39.93 Pentatriacontadiene 11.51 ± 5.04 1.21 ± 1.06
30 41.31 Triacontanyl butyrate t -
31 41.54 Dotriacontanyl acetate 0.15 ± 0.26 -
32 43.14 Dotriacontanyl butyrate t -
33 43.32 Tetratriacontanyl acetate 0.17 ± 0.29 -
34 45.10 Tetratriacontanyl butyrate t -
35 45.33 Hexatriacontanyl acetate t -