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Title:		"2,5-Dichlorophenol (from ingested herbicide?) in defensive secretion of grasshopper"
Author(s):		Eisner T; Hendry LB; Peakall DB; Meinwald J;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1971
Volume:		172
Issue:		3980
Page Number:		277 - 278
DOI:		10.1126/science.172.3980.277
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The defensive froth emitted by the grasshopper Romalea microptera contains several odorous compounds (phenols, terpenes, benzoquinone), including a chlorinated aromatic compound, 2,5-dichlorophenol. This compound, which is repellent to ants and therefore defensively useful to the grasshopper, probably stems from herbicide or herbicide derivative ingested by the insect with its diet. Although there is precedent for the defensive employ by one species of chemical agents produced by another, no instance was known involving secondary utilization of a pesticide dispensed by man"
Keywords:		"Animals Ants Chromatography, Gas Feeding Behavior/drug effects Herbicides/metabolism Insecta/*physiology Phenols/*analysis Pheromones/*metabolism;"
Notes:		"MedlineEisner, T Hendry, L B Peakall, D B Meinwald, J eng 1971/04/16 Science. 1971 Apr 16; 172(3980):277-8. doi: 10.1126/science.172.3980.277"