Behavioral activity of stereoisomers and a new component of the contact sex pheromone of female german cockroach, Blattella germanica

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1839-1848

  Eliyahu, Dorit ^a   Mori, Kenji ^b   Takikawa, Hirosato ^c   Leal, Walter S ^d   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

11 dimethylheptacosan 2 one; 11 dimethylnonacosan 2 one; 3; behavioral assay; Contact sex pheromone; German cockroach; stereoisomers

Indexed keywords

3,11 DIMETHYLHEPTACOSAN 2 ONE; 3,11 DIMETHYLNONACOSAN 2 ONE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COCKROACH; COURTSHIP; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; KETONES; MALE; SENSE ORGANS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4844223258     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042405.05895.3a     Document Type: Article

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