Defensive chemicals of two species of Trachypachus motschulski

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 577-588

  Attygalle, Athula B ^a   Wu, Xiaogang ^a   Ruzicka, Josef ^a   Rao, Sheetal ^a   Garcia, Silvina ^b   Herath, Kithsiri ^b   Meinwald, Jerrold ^b   Maddison, David R ^c   Will, Kipling W ^d  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive secretion; Methacrylic acid; Octanoic acid; Tiglic acid; Trachypachidae; Trachypachus gibbsii; Trachypachus slevini

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL ACRYLATE; 2 PHENYLETHYL ETHACRYLATE; 2 PHENYLETHYL METHACRYLATE; 9 PENTACOSENE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; METHACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; TIGLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRACHYPACHUS GIBBSII; TRACHYPACHUS MOTSCHULSKI; TRACHYPACHUS SLEVINI;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CROTONIC ACIDS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; METHACRYLATES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCTANOIC ACIDS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

ARACHNIDA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRACHYPACHIDAE; TRACHYPACHUS; TRACHYPACHUS GIBBSII; TRACHYPACHUS SLEVINI;

EID: 1842483299     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000018630.79922.94     Document Type: Article

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