(S)-2-pentyl (R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate, a banana volatile and its olfactory recognition by the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Natural Products

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 772-776

  Mowat, Jeffrey ^a   Gries, Regine ^a   Khaskin, Grigori ^a   Gries, Gerhard ^a   Britton, Robert ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PENTYL 3 HYDROXYHEXANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; (S) 2 PENTYL (R) 3 HYDROXYHEXANOATE; (S)-2-PENTYL (R)-3-HYDROXYHEXANOATE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; FRUIT RIPENING; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SMELLING; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXANOIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; STEREOISOMERISM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65649084933     PISSN: 01633864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/np800597k     Document Type: Article

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