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Semiochemicals of Buccinum undatum, the Common whelk

Phylum:  Mollusca
Subphylum:  Conchifera
Class:  Gastropoda
Order:  Neogastropoda
Family:  Buccinidae
Subfamily:  Buccininae
Genus:  Buccinum
Tribe:  
Author:  Linnaeus
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Bedoukain RussellIPM

Semiochemical(s):

  Roseghini M  1996  Toxicon  34: 33   
    acetylcholine    �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�
   		Plymouth, UK 
 
  Hunt S  1972  FEBS Lett.  24: 109   
    3-chlorotyrosine    �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�
   		Pupukea, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA 
 
  Prakash A  1971  Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can.  177: 1   
    STX    �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�
   		Bay of Fundy, Canada 
 
  Whittaker VP  1958  Biochem. Pharmacol.  1: 342   
    acrylylcholine    �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�
   		Plymouth, UK 
 
  Keyl MJ  1957  J. Physiol.  139: 434   
    acetylcholine    �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�
   		Plymouth, UK 
 

Reference(s):

Roseghini, M., Severini, C., Erspamer, G.F., and Erspamer, V. 1996. Choline esters and biogenic amines in the hypobranchial gland of 55 molluscan species of the neogastropod Muricoidea superfamily. Toxicon. 34:33-55.
 
Hunt, S. 1972. Isolation of the new naturally occurring halogenated amino acid monochlorotyrosine from a molluscan scleroprotein. FEBS Lett. 24:109-112.
 
Prakash, A., Medcof, J.C., and Tennant, A.D. 1971. Paralytic shellfish poisoning in eastern Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 177:1-98.
 
Whittaker, V.P. 1958. Acrylylcholine: a new naturally occurring pharmacologically active choline ester from Buccinum undatum. Biochem. Pharmacol. 1:342-346.
 
Keyl, M.J., Michaelson, I.A., and Whittaker, V.P. 1957. Physiologically active choline esters in certain marine gastropods and other invertebrates. J. Physiol. 139:434-454.
 
 
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