Science. 1984 Jun 15;224(4654):1235-7. doi: 10.1126/science.224.4654.1235.
Dihydrophytol(3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanol) was identified in the nonsaponified lipid fraction of fecal pellets from the copepod Calanus helgolandicus fed in the laboratory on a unialgal diet. Direct deposition in the fecal pellets of certain zooplankton species may explain the presence of dihydrophytol in marine sediments. Microbial reduction of phytol in sediment cores does not account for the origin of this compound in all sedimentary environments.
二氢植醇（3,7,11,15-四甲基十六烷醇）在实验室中以单种藻类为食的桡足类 Calanus helgolandicus 的粪便颗粒的非皂化脂质部分中被鉴定出来。某些浮游动物种类直接在粪便颗粒中沉积可能解释了二氢植醇在海洋沉积物中的存在。微生物对沉积物核心中植醇的还原并不能解释所有沉积环境中这种化合物的来源。
