| Title: | "Characterization, synthesis, and behavioral responses to sex attractiveness pheromones of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)" |
| Author(s): | Mason RT; Jones TH; Fales HM; Pannell LK; Crews D; |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The sex attractiveness pheromone of the red-sided garter snake,Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, has been characterized as a mixture of 13 long-chain (C29-C37) saturated and monounsaturated methyl ketones. Samples of the major unsaturated ketones in the mixture, (Z)-24-tritriaconten-2-one (7) and (Z)-26-pentatriaconten-2-one (10), and their saturated analogs, 2-tritriacontanone (8) and 2-pentatriacontanone (11) were prepared by unambiguous synthesis. In field bioassay tests, male garter snakes were presented with natural and synthetic pheromone components both individually and as a mixture. Males exhibited courtship behavior to the synthetic compounds approximating the natural blend" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMason, R T Jones, T H Fales, H M Pannell, L K Crews, D eng 1990/07/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Jul; 16(7):2353-69. doi: 10.1007/BF01026943" |
