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Chemical Compound Review:

DL-2-Eicosanol icosan-2-ol

Synonyms: AG-F-53666, CTK1D7573, AC1L22OS, 2-Eicosanol, 2-Icosanol, ...

Torkko, P. et al., Larsson, L. et al., Alugupalli, S. et al., Koukila-Kähkölä, P. et al.

Torkko, Suutari, Suomalainen, Paulin, Larsson, Katila,

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Disease relevance of icosan-2-ol

In addition to the prominent secondary alcohols, 2-octadecanol and 2-eicosanol, two previously unidentified alcohols, 2-(8,15-dimethyl)docosenol and 2-(8,17-dimethyl)tetracosenol, were detected in M. nonchromogenicum, Mycobacterium sp. strain MCRO 6, and Mycobacterium sp. strain 31958 [1].

High impact information on icosan-2-ol

Gas-liquid chromatography revealed that 2-eicosanol was the major alcohol and hexacosanoic acid was the major mycolic acid cleavage product [2].
A total of 96 sputum specimens from patients with suspected or known mycobacterial and nonmycobacterial pulmonary infections were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the presence of 2-eicosanol [3].
A method was developed for determining two characteristic mycobacterial lipid constituents, tuberculostearic acid (as its pentafluorobenzyl ester) and 2-eicosanol (as its pentafluorobenzoyl ester), by using gas chromatography with electron capture detection [4].

References

Separation among species of Mycobacterium terrae complex by lipid analyses: comparison with biochemical tests and 16S rRNA sequencing. Torkko, P., Suutari, M., Suomalainen, S., Paulin, L., Larsson, L., Katila, M.L. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1998) [Pubmed]
Mycobacterium branderi sp. nov., a new potential human pathogen. Koukila-Kähkölä, P., Springer, B., Böttger, E.C., Paulin, L., Jantzen, E., Katila, M.L. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1995) [Pubmed]
Detection of 2-eicosanol by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in sputa from patients with pulmonary mycobacterial infections. Alugupalli, S., Olsson, B., Larsson, L. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1993) [Pubmed]
Two-dimensional gas chromatography with electron capture detection for the sensitive determination of specific mycobacterial lipid constituents. Larsson, L., Jimenez, J., Sonesson, A., Portaels, F. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1989) [Pubmed]

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