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Table 1 Chemical formula and molar volume of the dominant epicuticular waxes extracted from Eucalyptus leaves, pepper and peach fruits and of common cutin monomers found in plant cuticles

Compound	Chemical formula	ChemSpider ID	Molar volume (cm³ mol^-1)
Epicuticular waxes
n-Hentriacontan-14, 16-dione	C₃₁H₆₀O₂	390212	534.4
n-Tritriacontan-16, 18-dione	C₃₃H₆₄O₂	136445	567.4
n-Pentatriacontan-16, 18-dione	C₃₅H₆₈O₂	104279	600.5
Heptadecan-2-one	C₁₇H₃₄O	17031	306.3
Hexadecanal	C₁₆H₃₂O	956	290.0
n-Tricosane	C₂₃H₄₈	12017	408.1
n-Tetracosane	C₂₄H₅₀	12072	426.7
n-Pentacosane	C₂₅H₅₂	11900	441.2
n-Hexacosane	C₂₆H₅₄	11901	457.1
n-Heptacosane	C₂₇H₅₆	11146	474.2
n-Nonacosane	C₂₉H₆₀	11903	507.2
n-Hentriacontane	C₃₁H₆₄	11904	540.2
α-Amyrin	C₃₀H₅₀O	65921	420.8
Cutin monomers
16-Hydroxy-hexanodecanoic acid	C₁₆H₃₂O₃	10034	284.8
10,16-Hydroxy-hexanodecanoic acid	C₁₆H₃₂O₄	390182	282.7
9,10-Epoxy-18-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid	C₁₈H₃₄O₄	7994062	309.6
9,12,18-Trihydoxy-octadecanoic acid	C₁₈H₃₆O₅	4446065	313.6
Cell wall polysaccharide monomers
D Glucose	C₆H₁₂O₆	96749	115.7
D-Galacturonic acid	C₆H₁₀O₇	76444	109.9

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