Chemical composition of lipophylic compounds from the body surface of unfed adult Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-158

  Tkachev, Alexey V ^a   Dobrotvorsky, Andrey K ^b   Vjalkov, Alexander I ^a   Morozov, Sergey V ^a  

^a N N VOROZHTSOV NOVOSIBIRSK INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Body surface compounds; Chemical composition; Ixodes persulcatus; Pheromones; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; SEX PHEROMONE; SQUALENE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TICK;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; MALE; RUSSIA; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SQUALENE; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0033922610     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006430323587     Document Type: Article

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