Ueland, Maiken;Brown, Amber;Bartos, Cecilia;Frankham, Greta J.;Johnson, Rebecca N.;Forbes, Shari L. published 《Profiling volatilomes: a novel forensic method for identification of confiscated illegal wildlife items》 in 2020. The article was appeared in 《Separations》. They have made some progress in their research.Name: 4-tert-Amylphenol The article mentions the following:
Globally, the rapid decline in wildlife species has many causes. The illegal trafficking of fauna and flora is a major contributor to species decline and continues to grow at an alarming rate. To enable the prosecution of those involved in the trafficking of illegal wildlife, accurate and reliable identification is paramount. Traditionally, morphol. and DNA amplification are used. This paper investigates a novel application of volatilome profiling using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatog. coupled with time of flight mass spectrometry for wildlife sample detection. Known samples of elephant-derived ivory, other dentin samples, and bone (a common ivory substitute) were used as reference samples for volatilome profiling. Subsequently, specimens that were suspected ivory from border control seizures were obtained and analyzed. Confirmatory DNA analyses were conducted on seized samples to establish the reliability parameters of volatilome profiling. The volatilome method correctly identified six of the eight seized samples as elephant ivory, which was confirmed through DNA anal. There was also clear distinction of African elephant ivory parts from the bone and dentin samples from other species, as shown through PCA and discriminant analyses. These preliminary results establish volatilome profiling through GCxGC-TOFMS as a novel screening method used for the identification of unknown wildlife contraband. And 4-tert-Amylphenol (cas: 80-46-6) was used in the research process.
4-tert-acylphenol (cas:80-46-6) contains hydroxyl group. Owing to the presence of the polar OH alcohols are more water-soluble than simple hydrocarbons. Methanol, ethanol, and propanol are miscible in water. Butanol, with a four-carbon chain, is moderately soluble.Name: 4-tert-Amylphenol
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