Identification of new homoterpene esters from Dufour's gland of the ponerine ant: Gnamptogenys striatula

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2541-2555

  Schulz, Claudia M ^a   Lehmann, Lutz ^a   Blatrix, Rumsaïs ^b   Jaisson, Pierre ^b   Hefetz, Abraham ^c   Francke, Wittko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

4 methylgeraniol; Dufour's gland; Gnamptogenys; Homoterpene; Terpenoid esters

Indexed keywords

1,4 DI(TRIFLUOROACETOXY) 3 METHYLPENTANE; 3,4,7 TRIMETHYL 2,6 NONADIENE 1 OL; 3,4,7 TRIMETHYL 2,6 OCTADIEN 1 YL DECANOATE; 3,4,7 TRIMETHYL 2,6 OCTADIENE 1 OL; 4 METHYLGERANIOL; BISHOMOGERANIOL; CYCLODEXTRIN; DECANOIC ACID; ESTER; GERANIOL; HOMOTERPENOID DERIVATIVE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; PENTANE; TERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANT; ESTER;

ANIMAL; ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; DUFOUR GLAND; EXOCRINE GLAND; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GNAMPTOGENYS STRIATULA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ESTERS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERPENES;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; GNAMPTOGENYS; GNAMPTOGENYS STRIATULA;

EID: 0036962436     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021492204400     Document Type: Article

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