The plant sesquiterpene germacrene D specifically activates a major type of antennal receptor neuron of the tobacco budworm moth Heliothis virescens

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Røstelien, Tonette ^a   Borg Karlson, A K ^b   Faldt J ^b   Jacobsson, U ^b   Mustaparta, H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMACRENE D; HYDROCARBON; OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034037946     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.2.141     Document Type: Article

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