Possible fatty acyl pheromone precursors in Spodoptera littoralis. Search for 11- and 12-hydroxytetradecanoic acids in the pheromone gland

Lipids

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Navarro, Isabel ^a   Fabriàs, Gemma ^a,b   Camps, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b Depto de Quimica Ambiental II   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0030986048     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-997-0052-x     Document Type: Article

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