Chemical composition of the defensive secretion of the longhorned beetle, Chloridolum loochooanum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Ohmura, Wakako ^a   Hishiyama, Shojiro ^a   Nakashima, Tadakazu ^a   Kato, Atsushi ^a   Makihara, Hiroshi ^a   Ohira, Tatsuro ^a   Irei, Hideki ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Forest Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerambycidae; Chemical defense; Coleoptera; Iridodials; Longhorned beetle; NMR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT; BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

IRIDODIAL; IRIDOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SECRETION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRIDOIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67449168552     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9591-y     Document Type: Article

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