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Title:		Alkylpyrazine alarm pheromones in ponerine ants
Author(s):		Wheeler JW; Blum MS;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1973
Volume:		182
Issue:		4111
Page Number:		501 - 503
DOI:		10.1126/science.182.4111.501
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The mandibular gland secretions of the ponerine ants Odontomachus hastatus, O. clarus, and O. brunneus contain alkylpyrazines. These compounds, 2,5-dimethyl-3-isopentylpyrazine in O. hastatus and O. clarus, and 2,6-dimethyl-3-pentyl-, -butyl-, -propyl-, and -ethyl-pyrazines in O. brunneus, have previously not been found as animal natural products. These compounds function as powerful releasers of alarm behavior for Odontomachus workers and are probably also utilized as defensive compounds"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEWheeler, J W Blum, M S eng 1973/11/02 Science. 1973 Nov 2; 182(4111):501-3. doi: 10.1126/science.182.4111.501"