| Title: | Coyote estrous urine volatiles |
| Author(s): | Schultz TH; Flath RA; Stern DJ; Mon TR; Teranishi R; Kruse SM; Butler B; Howard WE; |
| Address: | "Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 94710, Albany, California" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Samples of female coyote urine were taken once or twice each week during the winter and spring for two years. Headspace analysis was employed with Tenax GC trapping and GC-MS. Tenax trapping was started in less than 1 hr after sampling, and mild conditions were used to minimize losses of highly volatile and labile compounds. Thirty-four compounds were identified. They include sulfur compounds, aldehydes and ketones, hydrocarbons, and one alcohol. The principal constituent is methyl 3-methylbut-3-enyl sulfide, which usually comprised 50% or more of the total volatiles observed. The concentration of many constituents varied widely. This appeared to be quasiperiodic for five of the constituents, with a period of a few weeks, and with pronounced maxima at the peak of estrus. Apparently these compounds are 3-methyltetrahydrothiophene, methyl 3-methylbutyl sulfide, octanal, dodecanal, and bis(3-methylbut-3-enyl) disulfide. One or more of these compounds may have pheromonal activity in coyote relationships" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINESchultz, T H Flath, R A Stern, D J Mon, T R Teranishi, R Kruse, S M Butler, B Howard, W E eng 1988/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1988 Feb; 14(2):701-12. doi: 10.1007/BF01013917" |
