| Title: | Insect pheromones and precursors in female African elephant urine |
| Author(s): | Goodwin TE; Eggert MS; House SJ; Weddell ME; Schulte BA; Rasmussen LE; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, AR 72032, USA. goodwin@hendrix.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-006-9094-z |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Using automated solid-phase dynamic extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, our search for urinary chemical signals from ovulatory female African elephants (Loxodonta africana) has revealed the bark beetle aggregation pheromones frontalin, exo-brevicomin, and endo-brevicomin, as well as their precursors and the aphid alarm pheromones (E,E)-alpha-farnesene and (E)-beta-farnesene. Enantiomeric ratios for brevicomins have been determined. Prior discovery of common insect/elephant pheromones in Asian elephants, namely, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate and frontalin, suggests that the present findings may yield valuable insights into chemical communication among African elephants" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Aphids/chemistry Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/urine Coleoptera/chemistry Elephants/*urine Female Pheromones/*urine Sesquiterpenes/urine;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGoodwin, Thomas E Eggert, Mindy S House, Sam J Weddell, Margaret E Schulte, Bruce A Rasmussen, L E L eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2006/06/08 J Chem Ecol. 2006 Aug; 32(8):1849-53. doi: 10.1007/s10886-006-9094-z. Epub 2006 Jun 7" |
