Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: preliminary assessment

N. Mohd Tahir; S. Y. Pang; N. A. Abdullah; S. Suratman

Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: preliminary assessment

Date

2013

Authors

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Near-shore surface sediment was collected from five stations off Redang Island located on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Freeze-dried sediments were Soxhlet extracted and then fractionated using column chromatography into aliphatic and polar fractions. Determination of these fractions was carried out using gas chromatography mass spectrometry.

Keywords

Marine sediment, Biogenic origin, N-alkanes, Polar aliphatic lipids, Biomarkers

Citation

Mohd Tahir, N., Pang, S. Y., Abdullah, N. A., & Suratman, S. (2013). Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: preliminary assessment. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 185, 10209-10216.