Spiroacetal biosynthesis in insects from diptera to hymenoptera: The Giant Ichneumon wasp Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni Cresson

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 14853-14860

  Schwartz, Brett D ^a   Moore, Christopher J ^b   Rahm, Fredrik ^a   Hayes, Patricia Y ^a   Kitching, William ^a   De Voss, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLATION; KETONES;

CARBON ATOMS; CHAIN SHORTENINGS; DIOXYGEN; DIPTERA; MANDIBULAR GLANDS; METHYL KETONES; MONOOXYGENASE; MONOOXYGENASES; ODD NUMBERS; VOLATILE COMPONENTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; OXYGEN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DECARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FLY; HYDROXYLATION; HYMENOPTERA; MEGARHYSSA NORTONI NORTONI; NONHUMAN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; WASP;

ACETALS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYMENOPTERA; OXYGEN; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; WASPS;

EID: 55549137430     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8036433     Document Type: Article

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