Trilinolein identified as a sex-specific component of tergal glands in alates of Coptotermes formosanus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 835-849

  Bland, John M ^a   Park, Yong Ihl ^a   Raina, Ashok K ^a   Dickens, Joseph C ^b   Hollister, Benedict ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Isoptera; Mass spectrometry; Rhinotermitidae; Sex pheromone; Tergal gland; Trilinoleoylglycerol

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; TRILINOLEIN;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; EXTRACT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 3543028657     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000028435.41572.4f     Document Type: Article

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