| Title: | "E-2-ethylhexenal, E-2-ethyl-2-hexenol, mellein, and 4-hydroxymellein in Camponotus species from Brunei" |
| Author(s): | Voegtle HL; Jones TH; Davidson DW; Snelling RR; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-008-9430-6 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "E-2-ethyl-2-hexen-1-ol (1), mellein (4), and 4-hydroxymellein (5) were identified as the major volatile compounds in the head and/or thorax of Camponotus quadrisectus. Neither 1 nor 5 have been previously detected in insects. Also identified were small amounts of m-cresol (2) and 6-methyl salicylic acid (3). E-2-ethylhexenal (6) and small amounts of 3 were identified in heads of Camponotus irritibilis from Kuala Belalong, Brunei. Compounds 2-4 occur in other Bornean camponotines with hypertrophied mandibular glands, and 4 is widespread in the tribe. The possibility of semiochemical parsimony (multiple functions) for these mandibular gland compounds is reviewed in the context of existing data on mandibular gland products of other camponotines, reported biological activities of the compounds, and secondary loss of metapleural glands in this ant group" |
| Keywords: | Aldehydes/*analysis Animals *Ants Brunei Head Hexanols/*analysis Isocoumarins/*analysis Ochratoxins/*analysis Thorax; |
| Notes: | "MedlineVoegtle, Heather L Jones, Tappey H Davidson, Diane W Snelling, Roy R eng 2008/01/24 J Chem Ecol. 2008 Feb; 34(2):215-9. doi: 10.1007/s10886-008-9430-6. Epub 2008 Jan 23" |
