| Title: | A search for components in human body odour that attract females of Aedes aegypti |
| Author(s): | Geier M; Sass H; Boeckh J; |
| Address: | "Universitat Regensburg, Institut fur Zoologie, Germany" |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9780470514948.ch11 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0300-5208 (Print) 0300-5208 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In a new type of wind tunnel, mosquitoes fly upwind towards host odour sources and towards human skin wash extracts obtained by rubbing the skin with a pad soaked in ethanol. We used this behavioural response as a bioassay to identify attractants in liquid chromatography fractions of such extracts. L-Lactic acid is a major constituent of skin wash extracts and it is a necessary component for the extract's effectiveness. As a single stimulus, however, L-lactic acid is only slightly effective. This indicates that the extract's high degree of effectiveness is based on a synergism of L-lactic acid and other odour components. The separation of the extract by liquid chromatography revealed three distinct regions of active fractions, only one of which contained L-lactic acid. The components of the other two regions have not yet been determined. A combination of fractions in these two regions together with L-lactic acid is as attractive as the complete extract" |
| Keywords: | "Aedes/*physiology Animals Chromatography, Liquid Female Humans Lactic Acid/chemistry Male *Odorants *Pheromones/chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGeier, M Sass, H Boeckh, J eng Review Netherlands 1996/01/01 Ciba Found Symp. 1996; 200:132-44; discussion 144-8, 178-83. doi: 10.1002/9780470514948.ch11" |
