Blubber

A certain carboxylic acid (C14H26O2) which can be isolated from whale blubber or sardine oil yields nonanal and 0=CH(CH2)3C02H on ozonolysis What is the structure of this acid" ... 

Figure 3.8 Second-dimension chiral cyclodextrin capillary column separation of a non-racemic pair of nonachlorobomane compounds extracted from dolphin blubber, shown with expanded attenuation in the inset. The primary separation (not shown) was performed on an apolar primary capillary column. Reproduced from H.-J. de Geus et al. J. High Resol. Chromatogr. 1998, 21, 39 (59).

Tran, m. train oil (from any marine animal), fish oil (with a prefix) oil blubber, -bren-nerei, /. = Transiederei. 

Trester, m.pl. residue (as the marc of grapes, the husks of olives, or the remains of blubber after the making of train oil), -braontwein, m. brandy made from the marc of grapes, -wein, m. wine made from the marc of grapes, piquette. 

Walfisch, m. whale, -ol, n. whale oil. -speck, m. whale blubber, -tran, m. whale oil, train oil. 

Whale blubber, composition of, 1062 Whitmore, Frank C., 200 Wieland-Vliescher ketone, synthesis of, 910... 

Additional roles traditionally recognised for white adipose tissue include thermal insulation (as in the blubber of sea mammals) and mechanical protection to internal organs. However, in recent years it has become apparent that the function of white adipose tissue is much more extensive. This follows from the discovery that it is a major endocrine organ, secreting a diverse... 

Phoca vitulina), pups were dosed PCBs and effects measured on mitogen-induced peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation (Levin et al. 2004). A positive correlation was found between PCB concentrations in blubber and both T-cell mitogen- and B-cell mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation. 

To assess bioaccumulation in the environment, the levels of trichloroethylene in the tissues of a wide range of organisms were determined (Pearson and McConnell 1975). Species were chosen to represent several trophic levels in the marine environment. The maximum overall increase in concentration between sea water and the tissues of animals at the top of food chains, such as fish liver, sea bird eggs, and sea seal blubber, was less... 

WANASUNDARA u N and SHAHiDi F (1996) Stabilization of seal blubber and menhaden oils with green tea catechins , J Am Oil Chem Soc, 73, 1183-90. 

CRMs for Contaminants in Environmental Matrices For nearly two decades NIST has been involved in the development of SRMs for the determination of organic contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and chlorinated pesticides in natural environmental matrices such as fossil fuels (Hertz et al.1980 Kline et al. 1985), air and diesel particulate material (May and Wise 1984 Wise et al. 2000), coal tar (Wise et al. 1988a), sediment (Schantz et al. 1990, 1995a Wise et al. 1995), mussel tissue (Wise et al. 1991 Schantz et al. 1997a), fish oil, and whale blubber (Schantz et al. 1995b). Several papers have reviewed and summarized the development of these environmental matrix SRMs (Wise et al. 1988b Wise 1993 Wise and Schantz 1997 Wise et al. 2000). Seventeen natural matrix SRMs for the determination of organic contaminants are currently available from NIST with certified and reference concentrations primarily for PAHs, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and polychlorinated dibenzofiirans (PCDFs) see Table 3.11. 

Organics in Whale Blubber PCBs (27) Pesticides (15) PCBs (2) Pesticides (2)... 

Schantz MM, Koster BJ, Oakley LM, Schiller SB, and Wise SA (1995b) Certification of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners and chlorinated pesticides in a whale blubber standard reference material. Anal Chem 67 901-910. 

DE Boer J, van der Meer J, Brinkman UATh (1996) Determination of chlorobiphenyls in seal blubber, marine sediment, and fish interlaboratory study. ( Assoc Off Anal Chem 79 83-96. 

Wise SA, Schantz MM, Koster BJ, Demiralp R, Mackey EA, Greenberg RR, Burow M, OsTApczuK P, Lhlestole TI (1993) Development of frozen whale blubber and liver reference materials for the measurement of organic and inorganic contaminants. Fresenius J Anal Chem 345 270-277. 

Taylor, D.L., S. Schliebe, and H. Metsker. 1989. Contaminants in blubber, bver and kidney tissues of Pacific walruses. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 20 465-468. 

Atlantic pilot whale, Globicephala melaena Newfoundland, Canada, stranded, 1980-1982 Blubber 1.5 (0.6—3.0) DW 96... 

Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas St. Lawrence River estuary 1993-94 blubber animals dead on collection females vs. males ... 

Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, Gulf of Finland, 1976-82, blubber ... 

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