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Chemistry

Title:		"(2R,5S)-Theaspirane Identified as the Kairomone for the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, from Attractive Senesced Leaves of the Host Banana, Musa spp"
Author(s):		Abagale SA; Woodcock CM; Hooper AM; Caulfield JC; Withall D; Chamberlain K; Acquaah SO; Van Emden H; Braimah H; Pickett JA; Birkett MA;
Address:		"Crops Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 3785, Fumesua-Kumasi, Ghana. Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of, Science and Technology, PMB, Kumasi, Ghana. Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK. School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, P.O. Box 237, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AR, UK. School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3AT, UK"
Journal Title:		Chemistry
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180606
Issue:		37
Page Number:		9217 - 9219
DOI:		10.1002/chem.201800315
ISSN/ISBN:		1521-3765 (Electronic) 0947-6539 (Print) 0947-6539 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The principal active component produced by highly attractive senesced host banana leaves, Musa spp., for the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, is shown by coupled gas chromatography-electroantennography (GC-EAG), coupled GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), chemical synthesis and coupled enantioselective (chiral) GC-EAG to be (2R,5S)-theaspirane. In laboratory behaviour tests, the synthetic compound is as attractive as natural host leaf material and presents a new opportunity for pest control"
Keywords:		Animals Musa/*chemistry Norisoprenoids/chemistry/*isolation & purification Pest Control Pheromones/chemistry/*isolation & purification Plant Leaves/*chemistry Stereoisomerism *Weevils banana weevil chiral GC electrophysiology kairomone mass spectrometry;
Notes:		"MedlineAbagale, Samson A Woodcock, Christine M Hooper, Antony M Caulfield, John C Withall, David Chamberlain, Keith Acquaah, Samuel O Van Emden, Helmut Braimah, Haruna Pickett, John A Birkett, Michael A eng Germany 2018/04/13 Chemistry. 2018 Jul 2; 24(37):9217-9219. doi: 10.1002/chem.201800315. Epub 2018 Jun 6"