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Title:		Cyclopentyl ketones: identification and function in Azteca ants
Author(s):		Wheeler JW; Evans SL; Blum MS; Torgerson RL;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1975
Volume:		187
Issue:		4173
Page Number:		254 - 255
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ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The anal gland secretions of dolichoderine ants in the genus Azteca are fortified with cyclopentyl ketones. Since these compounds, 2-methylcyclopentanone, cis-1-acetyl-2-methylcyclopentane, and 2-acetyl-3-methylcyclopentene, release sustained alarm behavior in ant workers, they constitute a new chemical class of insect pheromones. The ketones probably also function as defensive compounds and thus are part of the ants' alarm-defense system"
Keywords:		"Animals Ants/*metabolism Chromatography, Gas Cyclopentanes/analogs & derivatives/*metabolism Ketones/*metabolism Mass Spectrometry *Pheromones;"
Notes:		"MedlineWheeler, J W Evans, S L Blum, M S Torgerson, R L eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1975/01/24 Science. 1975 Jan 24; 187(4173):254-5"