
%0 Journal Article
%A Downing, DT 
%T Composition of the unsaponifiable matter of vernix caseosa
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1965/08/01
%V 18
%N 8
%P 1287-1291
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9651287
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9651287 
%X Detailed examination of the unsaponifiable material from the skin wax of newly born babies has shown that the saturated aliphatic alcohols contain a high proportion of branched-chain compounds, and the aliphatic &#945;,&#946;-dials consist almost entirely of branched-chain compounds. The sterol fraction consists of cholesterol, and a minor amount of an unidentified sterol. The hydrocarbon fraction consists entirely of squalene. 
