Title: | "3-Methyl-alpha-himachalene: Proposed structure for novel homosesquiterpene sex pheromone ofLutzomyia longipalpis (diptera: Psychodidae) from Jacobina, Brazil" |
Author(s): | Hamilton JG; Dawson GW; Pickett JA; |
Address: | "Chemical Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Staffordshire, England, UK" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The principal behaviorally active volatile component (ca. 90% +) of the sex pheromone glands ofLutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina. Brazil, has been isolated and characterized as a novel homosesquiterpene with the structure 3-methyl-alpha-himachalene (C16H26). A minor component (ca. 10%) of the gland extract has also been identified as the sesquiterpenealpha-himachalene (C15H24). This work confirms that there are at least 3 members of theL. longipalpis species complex" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEHamilton, J G Dawson, G W Pickett, J A eng 1996/12/01 J Chem Ecol. 1996 Dec; 22(12):2331-40. doi: 10.1007/BF02029550" |