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The whale extract is passed through silica gel (grey-white fluid in the column near the top of the photo) to separate the last of the lipids out of the sample. The black material near the top is lipid, while the clear fluid in the bottom flask is the extract of methoxy and halogenated compounds that Teuten was working to isolate. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, WHOI Graphic Services)
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Posted: March 7, 2007
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