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Semiochemicals of Genus Babylonia

Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Babyloniidae
Subfamily: Latrunculinae
Tribe: 
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Semiochemical(s):

Babylonia areolata Link
 
               Kawashima Y  2002  J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jpn.  43: 385   
    tetramine    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Tokyo Central, Japan 
 
 
Babylonia formosae Sowerby
 
               Liao HJ  2000  J. Nat. Toxins  9: 63   
    TTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Taiwan 
 
 
Babylonia japonica Reeve
 
               Noguchi T  2011  ISRN Toxicol.  2011:  
    TTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Kawajiri Bay, Fukui Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Kawashima Y  2002  J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jpn.  43: 385   
    tetramine    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Tokyo Central, Japan 
 
               Kosuge T  1985  Chem. Pharm. Bull.  33: 2890   
    prosurugatoxin    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Kosuge T  1982  Chem. Pharm. Bull.  30: 3255   
    NSGTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Yasumoto T  1981b  Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish.  47: 929   
    TTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Wakasa Bay, Sakajiri, Fukui Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Noguchi T  1981a  Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish.  47: 909   
    TTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Sakajiri Bay, Fukui Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Kosuge T  1981  Tetrahedron Lett.  22: 3417   
    NSGTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 
 
               Kosuge T  1972  Tetrahedron Lett.  13: 2545   
    SGTX    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 
 
 
Babylonia spirata Linnaeus
 
               Chakraborty K  2019  Steroids  143: 41   
    1,10-8,9-disecoergosta-8-en-A-homo-6a-oxa-1Kt    Relative ratio of the component   (*) indicates that compound is active   P
Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone
 
Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker
 
Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
�g -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram
 
Kollam, Kerala State, India 
 
 
Reference(s):

Chakraborty, K., Joy, M., and Salas, S. 2019. First report of a lactonic disecosteroid from the buccinid gastropod Babylonia spirata. Steroids 143:41-48.
 
Noguchi, T., Onuki, K., and Arakawa, O. 2011. Tetrodotoxin poisoning due to pufferfish and gastropods, and their intoxication mechanism. ISRN Toxicol. 2011:1-10.
 
Kawashima, Y., Nagashima, Y., and Shiomi, K., 2002. Toxicity and tetramine contents of salivary glands from carnivorous gastropods. J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jpn. 43:385-388.
 
Liao, H.J., and Hwang, D.F. 2000. Survey of paralytic toxins in shellfish in southern Taiwan between 1995 and 1997. J. Nat. Toxins. 9:63-71.
 
Kosuge, T., Tsuji, K., Hirai, K., Yamaguchi, K., Okamoto, T., and Iitaka, Y. 1985. Isolation of a new toxin, prosurugatoxin, from the toxic Japanese ivory shell, Babylonia japonica. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 33:2890-2895.
 
Kosuge, T., Tsuji, K., and Hirai, K. 1982. Isolation of neosurugatoxin from the Japanese ivory shell, Babylonia japonica. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 30:3255-3259.
 
Yasumoto, T., Oshima, Y., Hosaka, M., and Miyakoshi, S. 1981b. Occurrence of tetrodotoxin in the ivory shell Babylonia japonica from Wakasa Bay. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish. 47:929-934.
 
Noguchi, T., Maruyama, J., Ueda, Y., Hashimoto, K., and Harada, T. 1981a. Occurrence of tetrodotoxin in the Japanese ivory shell Babylonia japonica. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish. 47:909-913.
 
Kosuge, T., Tsuji, K., Hirai, K., Yamaguchi, K., Okamoto, T., and Iitaka, Y. 1981. Isolation and structure determination of a new marine toxin, neosurugatoxin, from the Japanese ivory shell. Tetrahedron Lett. 22:3417-3420.
 
Kosuge, T., Zenda, H., Ochiai, A., Masaki, N., Noguchi, M., Kimura, S., and Narita, H. 1972. Isolation and structure determination of a new marine toxin, surugatoxin from the Japanese ivory shell, babylonia japonica. Tetrahedron Lett. 13:2545-2548.
 

 
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