01084nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001500067653003100082653002100113653001200134653001100146653001000157653002500167653003100192100001300223700001400236700001300250700001700263245008800280300001100368490000800379520040500387022001400792       1983                            d  c1983 Mar10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aChromatography, Thin Layer10aFlame Ionization10aleprosy10aLipids10aLiver10aMycobacterium leprae10aMycobacterium tuberculosis1 aDraper P1 aPayne S N1 aDobson G1 aMinnikin D E00aIsolation of a characteristic phthiocerol dimycocerosate from Mycobacterium leprae.  a859-630 v1293 a<p>A characteristic mycobacterial wax, phthiocerol dimycocerosate, has been isolated from liver of armadillos experimentally infected with Mycobacterium leprae. The structure of this wax is generally similar to that produced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the homologous phthiocerol and the mycocerosic acid components from M. leprae are significantly different from those of M. tuberculosis.</p>  a0022-1287