Comments on 'Biomarkers or not Biomarkers. A new hypothesis for the origin of pristane involving derivation from methyltrimethyltridecylchromans (MTTCS) formed during diagenesis from chlorophyll and alkylphenols'

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Comments on 'Biomarkers or not Biomarkers. A new hypothesis for the origin of pristane involving derivation from methyltrimethyltridecylchromans (MTTCS) formed during diagenesis from chlorophyll and alkylphenols'
 
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Leeuw, J.W. de
(1995) Organic geochemistry, volume 23, issue 11/12, pp. 1085 - 1087
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Abstract
Li et al. try to revive the condensation theory. Their attempts for condensation of phytol with phenols are unconvincing to us. Only one of the five tests of their hypothesis, a search for methylated MTTCs and their precursors in organisms, seems useful to us.
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Keywords: methylated MTTCS, condensation, phytol, phenols, biomarkers, pristane
ISSN: 0146-6380
Publisher: Elsevier
 
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