(7R,8S)-cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadec-17-ene: A novel trace component from the sex pheromone gland of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-62

  Gries, Regine ^a   Khaskin, Grigori ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Hahn, Roger ^c   Gotoh, Tadao ^d   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Beneficial Insects Introduction R   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(7R,8S) cis 7,8 epoxy 2 methyloctadecane; (7R,8S) cis 7,8 epoxy 2 methyloctadec 17 ene; (7R,8S) cis 7,8 epoxy octadecane; (7S,8R) cis 7,8 epoxy 2 methyloctadec 17 ene; Asian gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Lymantria monacha; North American gypsy moth; Nun moth

Indexed keywords

7,8 EPOXY 2 METHYLOCTADEC 17 ENE; DISPARLURE; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTION; MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMICAL BOND; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EXTRACT; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GYPSY MOTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGENATION; INSECT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEARIC ACIDS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; WORLD;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIA MONACHA; LYMANTRIIDAE; MONACHA;

EID: 13844255265     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-0973-5     Document Type: Article

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