Sex pheromone of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga elenans and some intriguing minor components

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-25

  Leal, Walter S ^a,b   Oehlschlager, Allan C ^c   Zarbin, Paulo H G ^b   Hidalgo, Eduardo ^d   Shannon, Philip J ^e   Murata, Yasuhiro ^b,f   Gonzalez, Lilliana ^c   Andrade, Romano ^c   Ono, Mikio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c ChemTica Internacional   (Costa Rica)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f Fuji Flavor Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiral resolution; Holotrichia parallela; L isoleucine methyl ester; Melolonthinae; N acetyl L isoleucine methyl ester; N formyl L isoleucine methyl ester; Phyllophaga elenans; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOLEUCINE; ISOLEUCINE METHYL ESTER; N ACETYLISOLEUCINE METHYL ESTER; N FORMYLISOLEUCINE METHYL ESTER; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHIRALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOPHAGA ELENANS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOLEUCINE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HOLOTRICHIA PARALLELA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0037268559     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021916327715     Document Type: Article

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