Novel wax esters and hydrocarbons in the cuticular surface lipids of the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 575-595

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Tissot, Madeleine ^b   Nelson, Lori J ^c   Fatland, Charlotte L ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Cuticular wax esters; Mass spectrometry; Methyl branched hydrocarbons; Pogonomyrmex barbatus; Red harvester ant

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; WAX;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0035095684     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(00)00354-7     Document Type: Article

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