Naphthoquinones and Anthraquinones from Scent Glands of a Dyspnoid Harvestman, Paranemastoma quadripunctatum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Raspotnig, Günther ^a,b   Leutgeb, Verena ^a   Schaider, Miriam ^a   Komposch, Christian ^c  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Institute for Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Chemical defense; Chemical ecology; Exocrine secretions; Nemastomatidae; Opiliones

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARACHNID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SCENT GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ARACHNIDA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SCENT GLANDS;

ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; LANIATORES; NEMASTOMATIDAE; OPILIONES;

EID: 77950461660     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9745-y     Document Type: Article

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