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Molecular characterization of fossil and extant dammar resin extracts: Insights into diagenetic fate of sesqui- and triterpenoids

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Title Molecular characterization of fossil and extant dammar resin extracts: Insights into diagenetic fate of sesqui- and triterpenoids
 
Creator MALLICK, M
DUTTA, S
GREENWOOD, PF
 
Subject Dammar resin
Dipterocarpaceae
Sesquiterpenoid
Triterpenoid
Diagenesis
CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY
VASTAN LIGNITE MINE
ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS
SOUTHEAST-ASIA
SHOREA-ROBUSTA
WESTERN INDIA
EARLY EOCENE
CRUDE OILS
CADINENE
SESQUITERPENE
 
Description The composition of sesquiterpenoids and triterpenoids in the solvent extract of extant, Miocene and Eocene dammar (i.e., Class II) resins has been determined and compared to investigate the vulnerability of these biomarkers to diagenesis. Molecular evidence (e.g., absence of bicadinanes) and low Rock-Eval maturity values (T-max < 400 degrees C) of the fossil resins indicate that they have not yet reached the catagenetic stage. Significant changes in the sesquiterpenoid composition of the fossilised compared to the modern dammars were evident, whereas the triterpenoid products reflected only minor differences. The major sesquiterpenoids in the extant resin are the essential oil components, alpha-copaene, beta-bourbonene, beta-elemene, beta-caryophyllene, germacrene D, germacrene B and spathulenol. In contrast, the major sesquiterpenoids in the fossilised resins were C-15 cadalene-based compounds such as dihydro-or-curcumene, delta-selinene, beta-muurolene, calamenene, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrocadalene and cadalene. This difference indicates the susceptibility of the essential oils and the transformation of germacrene D and cadinenes to cadalene-based compounds (e.g. calamenene and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrocadalene, cadalene) during diagenesis. The triterpenoid assemblages in both fossil and extant resins were very similar with abundant beta- and alpha-amyrin in all resins. It was evident that beta-amyrin was more prone to diagenesis than alpha-amyrin. The terpenoid compositions of the fossil resins (cf. extant resin) clearly reveal the greater susceptibility of sesquiterpenoids to diagenetic alteration than pentacyclic triterpenoids. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 
Publisher ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
 
Date 2014-12-28T15:19:56Z
2014-12-28T15:19:56Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY, 121129-136
0166-5162
1872-7840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2013.11.013
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/16856
 
Language English