Physeter catodon

The presence of dimethylarsinate 47, arsenobetaine 54, arsenocholine 55, and trimethylarsoniopropionate 62 was detected in kidney, liver, and lung of the sperm whale Physeter catodon cropped in the Andaman Sea [167]. 

The fundamental simplicity of the powder diffraction experiment coupled with the sophistication of the available numerical data processing techniques and unsurpassed visual elegance, with which the results of the full profile refinement are represented, have transformed the powder diffraction technique into a modem and exceptionally important experimental tool in structure determination. Without a doubt, the powder method is poised to play a role in stmcture determinations with ever-increasing complexity. A recent example of the successful refinement of the sperm whale Physeter catodon) metmyoglobin stmcture from synchrotron powder diffraction data is an excellent illustration of how far the technique has been already advanced. ... 

It is to metabolic, or digestive disorders of one of the largest living mammals, the sperm whale Physeter catodon or Physeter macrocephalus), that we owe one of the most valuable scents in fine perfumery Ambergris (Fig. 3.46). [207]... 

The sperm whale (Physeter catodon or Physeter macrocephalus) and Ambergris. 

Table 3.193 Composition of component acids and alcohols of waxes in sperm whale oil Physeter catodon) (Nevenzel, ...

The wax found in the cranial cavity of the marine mammal the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, syn. P. catodon) and two related species (pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale) from the sperm whale superfamily has industrial importance. The milky-white waxy substance, or spermaceti, is composed mainly of cetyl palmitate (3-42). The proportion of spermaceti with a lower melting point, containing predominantly unsaturated fatty alcohols, is called sperm oh. 

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