4,8-Dimethyldecanal, the aggregation pheromone of Tribolium castaneum, is biosynthesized through the fatty acid pathway

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1381-1400

  Kim, Junheon ^a   Matsuyama, Shigeru ^a   Suzuki, Takahisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 octynoic acid; 4,8 dimethyldecanal; Aggregation pheromone; Biosynthesis; Fatty acid pathway; JH III; Mevastatin; Red flour beetle; Tenebrionidae; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

2 OCTYNOIC ACID; 2-OCTYNOIC ACID; 4,8 DIMETHYLDECANAL; 4,8-DIMETHYLDECANAL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; CARBON; COMPACTIN; DEUTERIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; JUVENILE HORMONE III; MEVALONIC ACID; MEVALONOLACTONE; MEVINOLIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHEROMONE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; TRIBOLIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETATES; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LOVASTATIN; MALE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHEROMONES; PROPIONATES; SESQUITERPENES; TRIBOLIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 20544455658     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-5292-3     Document Type: Article

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