Table 4 Putative compounds and their retention times (RT) identified by Similarity Percentage Analysis (SIMPER) that contributed towards the chemical dissimilarity between elephant groups.
From: A pachyderm perfume: odour encodes identity and group membership in African elephants
Retention time (RT) | Putative ID |
|---|---|
Temporal | |
15.71 | 1-Hexene |
18.73 | Acetic Acid * ** |
27.59 | Pentanoic Acid^* |
25.42 | Benzaldehyde, 4-methoxy-,oxime*^ |
27.09 | Geranyl acetone*^ |
36.02 | Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl) |
26.45 | Hexanedioic acid, dimethyl ester |
27.4 | Hexanoic acid* ** |
Genital | |
27.54 | Pentanoic acid^* |
31.87 | Phenol, 4-methyl-* **^ P |
18.73 | Acetic acid* ** |
32.02 | Phenol, 3-methyl-* ** P |
18.64 | 1-Hexanol, 2-ethyl- * ** |
25.45 | Hexanoic acid * ** |
23.78 | Pentanedioic acid, dimethyl ester |
36.02 | Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- |
Buccal | |
27.47 | Pentanoic acid^* |
25.81 | Undecanoic acid, 10-methyl-, methyl ester** |
18.61 | Acetic acid* ** |
18.75 | Decyl Aldehyde* |
18.7 | 1-Hexanol, 2-ethyl-* ** |
30.16 | Tetradecanoic acid, methyl ester* ** |
25.75 | Dodecanoic acid, methyl ester* ** |
15.6 | Nonanoic acid, 9-oxo-, methyl ester |
34.07 | Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester* ** |
27.54 | Butanoic acid, 3-methyl-^* |
34.54 | 7-Hexadecenoic acid |
36.04 | Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- |
18.55 | Nonanoic acid, methyl ester** |
21.02 | Decanoic acid, methyl ester* ** |
23.73 | 2(3H)-Furanone, 5-ethyldihydro- |
