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phytane
hexadecane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-

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CAS Number: 638-36-8Picture of molecule3D/inchi
ECHA EINECS - REACH Pre-Reg:211-332-2
FDA UNII: 27UZX1Q8TR
Nikkaji Web:J12.304H
Beilstein Number:1744639
MDL:MFCD00060946
XlogP3-AA:9.90 (est)
Molecular Weight:282.55474000
Formula:C20 H42
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Category:natural substances and extractives
 
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Physical Properties:
Assay: 95.00 to 100.00
Food Chemicals Codex Listed: No
Soluble in:
 water, 1.677e-005 mg/L @ 25 °C (est)
 
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found).
 
Cosmetic Information:
None found
 
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Phytane ≥95%
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Phytane
 
Safety Information:
 
Hazards identification
 
Classification of the substance or mixture
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS)
None found.
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Hazard statement(s)
None found.
Precautionary statement(s)
None found.
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity:
Not determined
Dermal Toxicity:
Not determined
Inhalation Toxicity:
Not determined
 
Safety in Use Information:
Category:
natural substances and extractives
Recommendation for phytane usage levels up to:
 not for fragrance use.
 
Recommendation for phytane flavor usage levels up to:
 not for flavor use.
 
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2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane
Chemidplus:0000638368
 
References:
 2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane
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Potential Blenders and core components note
None Found
 
Potential Uses:
None Found
 
Occurrence (nature, food, other):note
 found in nature
 
Synonyms:
 hexadecane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-
2,6,10,14-tetramethyl hexadecane
2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane
 

Articles:

PubMed:Degradation of oil by fungi isolated from Gulf of Mexico beaches.
PubMed:Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon in Surface Water and Sediment in Pearl River Delta.
PubMed:[Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing potential and the genes for n-alkane biodegradation in a new acidophilic mycobacterial association from sulfur blocks].
PubMed:Differentiating the roles of photooxidation and biodegradation in the weathering of Light Louisiana Sweet crude oil in surface water from the Deepwater Horizon site.
PubMed:Effect of physical sediments reworking on hydrocarbon degradation and bacterial community structure in marine coastal sediments.
PubMed:[[Molecular composition of saturated hydrocarbons in diesels by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry]].
PubMed:Predominance and sources of alkane and fatty acid biomarkers in the surface sediments of Chitrapuzha River (South India).
PubMed:Bioremediation potential of microorganisms derived from petroleum reservoirs.
PubMed:Crude oil degradation by bacterial consortia under four different redox and temperature conditions.
PubMed:[Compositions and residual properties of petroleum hydrocarbon in contaminated soil of the oilfields].
PubMed:Characterization of n-alkanes and their carbon isotopic composition in sediments from a small catchment of the Dianchi watershed.
PubMed:Transfection and structural properties of phytanyl substituted gemini surfactant-based vectors for gene delivery.
PubMed:Spatial distribution and concentration assessment of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the intertidal zone surface sediment of Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil.
PubMed:Determination of E,E-farnesol in Makgeolli (rice wine) using dynamic headspace sampling and stir bar sorptive extraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
PubMed:Biodegradation of crude oil by a newly isolated strain Rhodococcus sp. JZX-01.
PubMed:Chemometric assessment of enhanced bioremediation of oil contaminated soils.
PubMed:Fingerprint and weathering characteristics of crude oils after Dalian oil spill, China.
PubMed:Structural studies on archaeal phytanyl-ether lipids isolated from membranes of extreme halophiles by linear ion-trap multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization.
PubMed:Sources and preservation of organic matter in soils of the wetlands in the Liaohe (Liao River) Delta, North China.
PubMed:Anaerobic coculture of microalgae with Thermosipho globiformans and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii at 68°C enhances generation of n-alkane-rich biofuels after pyrolysis.
PubMed:[Compositions and diagnostic ratios of heavily degraded crude oil residues in contaminated soil in oilfields].
PubMed:Source apportionment of sediment-associated aliphatic hydrocarbon in a eutrophicated shallow lake, China.
PubMed:[Normal alkanes characteristic parameters of Jinzhou Bay surface sediments].
PubMed:Sources and distribution of aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments from the Ushuaia Bay (Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina).
PubMed:Changes in iso- and n-alkane distribution during biodegradation of crude oil under nitrate and sulphate reducing conditions.
PubMed:Alkane-degrading properties of Dietzia sp. H0B, a key player in the Prestige oil spill biodegradation (NW Spain).
PubMed:Inverse carbon isotope patterns of lipids and kerogen record heterogeneous primary biomass.
PubMed:Distribution and partitioning of aliphatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons between water, suspended particulate matter, and sediment in harbours of the West coastal of the Gulf of Tunis (Tunisia).
PubMed:Identification of organic compounds in San Diego de los Baños Peloid (Pinar del Río, Cuba).
PubMed:Ex situ bioremediation of a soil contaminated by mazut (heavy residual fuel oil)--a field experiment.
PubMed:Production of pristane and phytane in the marine environment: role of prokaryotes.
PubMed:Multiple alkane hydroxylase systems in a marine alkane degrader, Alcanivorax dieselolei B-5.
PubMed:[Evaluation on biodegradability of hydrocarbon biomarkers in two crude oils under laboratory conditions].
PubMed:Characteristics of petroleum hydrocarbons in surficial sediments from the Songhuajiang River (China): spatial and temporal trends.
PubMed:The M/V Cosco Busan spill: source identification and short-term fate.
PubMed:Determination of anthropogenic and biogenic compounds on atmospheric aerosol collected in urban, biomass burning and forest areas in São Paulo, Brazil.
PubMed:Isolation of an alkane-degrading Alcanivorax sp. strain 2B5 and cloning of the alkB gene.
PubMed:Origins of n-alkanes, carbonyl compounds and molecular biomarkers in atmospheric fine and coarse particles of Athens, Greece.
PubMed:Chemical constituents of Heteroplexis micocephala.
PubMed:Evaluation of soil biological activity after a diesel fuel spill.
PubMed:Detailed analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon attenuation in biopiles by high-performance liquid chromatography followed by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography.
PubMed:Significance of organic matter in Eocene turbidite sediments (SE Pyrenees, Spain).
PubMed:Natural attenuation of oil spills in Patagonian soils. Characterization by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
PubMed:Characterization and distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals in groundwater from three Italian tank farms.
PubMed:Gas chromatographic fingerprinting of crude oil from Idu-Ekpeye oil spillage site in Niger-delta, Nigeria.
PubMed:Aspects of petrochemical pollution in southeastern Louisiana (USA): pre-Katrina background and source characterization.
PubMed:Prestige oil spill. III. Fate of a heavy oil in the marine environment.
PubMed:Biodegradation of phytane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane) and accumulation of related isoprenoid wax esters by Mycobacterium ratisbonense strain SD4 under nitrogen-starved conditions.
PubMed:Determining the extent of biodegradation of fuels using the diastereomers of acyclic isoprenoids.
PubMed:Environmental degradation of polluting aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons: a case study.
PubMed:Cluster of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with an oil field waste site: a cross sectional study.
PubMed:Stigmastane and hopanes as conserved biomarkers for estimating oil biodegradation in a former refinery plant-contaminated soil.
PubMed:Attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons by weathering: a case study.
PubMed:Identification and biodegradation potential of a novel strain of Dietzia cinnamea isolated from a petroleum-contaminated tropical soil.
PubMed:Petroleum pollutant degradation by surface water microorganisms.
PubMed:Monitoring biodegradation of diesel fuel in bioventing processes using in situ respiration rate.
PubMed:Continuous microwave-assisted extraction coupled on-line with liquid-liquid extraction: determination of aliphatic hydrocarbons in soil and sediments.
PubMed:Distribution of aliphatic compounds in bivalve mollusks from Galicia after the Prestige oil spill: spatial and temporal trends.
PubMed:Diversity and functional analysis of bacterial communities associated with natural hydrocarbon seeps in acidic soils at Rainbow Springs, Yellowstone National Park.
PubMed:Applications of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography to the characterization of petrochemical and related samples.
PubMed:Low temperature bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil using biostimulation and bioaugmentation with a Pseudomonas sp. from maritime Antarctica.
PubMed:Characterization of aliphatic hydrocarbons in deep subsurface soils near the outskirts of Beijing, China.
PubMed:A case study on fuel oil contamination in a mangrove swamp in Hong Kong.
PubMed:Composition of the lipids of Nanoarchaeum equitans and their origin from its host Ignicoccus sp. strain KIN4/I.
PubMed:Role of alpha-methylacyl coenzyme A racemase in the degradation of methyl-branched alkanes by Mycobacterium sp. strain P101.
PubMed:Application of a slow-release fertilizer for oil bioremediation in beach sediment.
PubMed:Biodegradation of hydrocarbon cuts used for diesel oil formulation.
PubMed:Isolation and characterization of novel hydrocarbon-degrading euryhaline consortia from crude oil and mangrove sediments.
PubMed:Secondary metabolites from the liverwort Tylimanthus renifolius.
PubMed:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other semivolatile organic compounds collected in New York City in response to the events of 9/11.
PubMed:Effect of nutrient amendments on indigenous hydrocarbon biodegradation in oil-contaminated beach sediments.
PubMed:Alcanivorax which prevails in oil-contaminated seawater exhibits broad substrate specificity for alkane degradation.
PubMed:Extractable organic matter in PM10 from LiWan district of Guangzhou City, PR China.
PubMed:The West Falmouth oil spill after thirty years: the persistence of petroleum hydrocarbons in marsh sediments.
PubMed:Burial, exportation and degradation of acyclic petroleum hydrocarbons following a simulated oil spill in bioturbated Mediterranean coastal sediments.
PubMed:Biodegradation of crude oil across a wide range of salinities by an extremely halotolerant bacterial consortium MPD-M, immobilized onto polypropylene fibers.
PubMed:Biostimulation-based bioremediation of diesel fuel: field demonstration.
PubMed:Effects of nutrients on crude oil biodegradation in the upper intertidal zone.
PubMed:Aliphatic hydrocarbons in birds of prey from Galicia (NW Spain).
PubMed:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic hydrocarbons, trace elements, and monooxygenase activity in birds nesting on the North Platte River, Casper, Wyoming, USA.
PubMed:Influence of oil contamination levels on hydrocarbon biodegradation in sandy sediment.
PubMed:Enhancement of hydrocarbon waste biodegradation by addition of a biosurfactant from Bacillus subtilis O9.
PubMed:Characterization of caldarchaetidylglycerol analogs, dialkyl-type and trialkyl-type, from Thermoplasma acidophilum.
PubMed:Two new acyclic diterpene-gamma-lactones from Salix matsudan.
PubMed:Comparison of the composition of some petroleum samples which may be applied for skin and mucous membrane treatment.
PubMed:The fate of heavy oil wastes in soil microcosms. I: A performance assessment of biotransformation indices.
PubMed:Aliphatic hydrocarbons in wolf tissue samples from Galicia (N.W. Spain).
PubMed:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes in Osilinus attratus from the coast of Tenerife (Canary Islands).
PubMed:Mantle hydrocarbons: abiotic or biotic?
PubMed:Isotopic biogeochemistry of the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic), UK.
PubMed:Compound-specific isotopic analyses: a novel tool for reconstruction of ancient biogeochemical processes.
PubMed:Genotoxicity assessment of the plasmacytomagenic agent pristane (2.6.10.14-tetramethylpentadecane) and four related alkanes by the SOS chromotest.
PubMed:Gas chromatographic separation of diastereomeric isoprenoids as molecular markers of oil pollution.
PubMed:Separation of normal paraffins and evaluation of petroleum contamination in foods.
PubMed:Occurrence and significance of prist-1-ene in kerogen pyrolysates.
PubMed:Distribution of hydrocarbons in bovine tissues.
PubMed:Characterization of bovine rumen liquor isoprenoid hydrocarbons with reference to dietary phytol.
PubMed:Metabolism of phytane in rats.
PubMed:Effect of amendments on the microbial utilization of oil applied to soil.
PubMed:Oil pollution: persistence and degradation of spilled fuel oil.
PubMed:Saturated hydrocarbons in bovine liver.
PubMed:The occurrence of pristane and phytane in man and animals.
PubMed:Hydrocarbons in digestive tract and liver of a basking shark.
PubMed:The presence of the hydrocarbons pristane and phytane in human adipose tissue and the occurrence of normal amounts in patients with Refsum's disease.
PubMed:Occurrence of isoprenoid Fatty acids in the green river shale.
PubMed:Pyrolysis chromatography of lipids. I. Mass spectrometric identification of pyrolysis products of hydrocarbons.
PubMed:Microorganisms three billion years old from the precambrian of South Africa.
PubMed:Paraffinic hydrocarbons in the Orgueil, Murray, Mokoia and other meteorites.
PubMed:Isoprenoid Hydrocarbons in Recent Sediments: Presence of Pristane and Probable Absence of Phytane.
PubMed:Paleobiology of a Precambrian Shale: Geology, organic geochemistry, and paleontology are applied to the problem of detection of ancient life.
PubMed:Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin in Sediments about Two Billion Years Old.
PubMed:Carbon compounds in terrestrial samples and the Orgueil meteorite.
PubMed:Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin from a One-Billion-Year-Old Sediment.
PubMed:Biological Remnants in a Precambrian Sediment.
 
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