Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Plant and Soil

Publication Date

6-1-1987

Abstract

The chemical and spectroscopic data presented herein show that about 50% of the weight of the termite fungus comb consists of carbohydrates (⊂40%) and proteinaceous materials (⊂10%). Of the remaining material about 30% appears to be aliphatic in nature (long-chain and branched alkanoic acids) and 20% aromatic and phenolic. The data on monosaccharide composition indicate that the fungus comb material, rich in glucose, arabinose and xylose, is predominantly of plant origin. © 1987 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

Keywords

13 C NMR spectroscopy, Amino acids, Carbohydrates, Insect nutrition, Macrotermitinae

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