Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Jalan W.R, Supratman, Kandang Limun, Kota Bengkulu 38371A, Indonesia.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Jalan W.R, Supratman, Kandang Limun, Kota Bengkulu 38371A, Indonesia.
Micron. 2019 Oct;125:102729. doi: 10.1016/j.micron.2019.102729. Epub 2019 Jul 29.
The primary concern of this research is to perform a microscopic analysis of the natural wax covering banana skipper caterpillar. The scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis shows that the wax exhibits an unprecedented microtubular form, consisting of carbon and oxygen as main elements as revealed by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. The Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopic analysis, which reveals the presence of peaks at 2914, 2890, 1469, and 722 cm and the absence of peaks around 1700 cm, indicates that the analyzed natural wax is a polyethylene wax without the CO functional group.
本研究的主要关注点是对香蕉凤蝶毛虫的天然蜡进行微观分析。扫描电子显微镜（SEM）分析表明，蜡呈现出前所未有的微管状形态，由碳和氧作为主要元素组成，这一点通过能量色散 X 射线（EDX）分析得到了揭示。傅里叶变换红外（FTIR）光谱分析表明，在 2914、2890、1469 和 722cm 处存在峰值，而在 1700cm 左右不存在峰值，这表明所分析的天然蜡是一种没有 CO 官能团的聚乙烯蜡。
