| Title: | "African elephant sesquiterpenes. II. Identification and synthesis of new derivatives of 2,3-dihydrofarnesol" |
| Author(s): | Goodwin TE; Brown FD; Counts RW; Dowdy NC; Fraley PL; Hughes RA; Liu DZ; Mashburn CD; Rankin JD; Roberson RS; Wooley KD; Rasmussen EL; Riddle SW; Riddle HS; Schulz S; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032, USA. goodwin@hendrix.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0163-3864 (Print) 0163-3864 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A search for potential semiochemicals revealed nerolidol (6), albicanol (7), and the new 2,3-dihydrofarnesol derivatives 8-10 in the temporal gland secretions of African elephants. A novel synthesis from (E,E)-farnesol (1) provided compounds 8-10 for GC-MS comparison to the natural products. This study confirms the farnesol family as frequently occurring secondary metabolites in African elephant temporal gland secretions" |
| Keywords: | Africa Animals Apocrine Glands/*metabolism Elephants/*metabolism Farnesol/*analogs & derivatives/*chemical synthesis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Molecular Structure Naphthalenes/*chemistry Sesquiterpenes/*chemistry/*isolation & purification; |
| Notes: | "MedlineGoodwin, Thomas E Brown, Felisia D Counts, Richard W Dowdy, Nichole C Fraley, Patrick L Hughes, Randall A Liu, Daniel Z Mashburn, Courtney D Rankin, Josh D Roberson, Russell S Wooley, Katie D Rasmussen, Elizabeth L Riddle, Scott W Riddle, Heidi S Schulz, Stefan eng P41RR00954/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 2002/09/28 J Nat Prod. 2002 Sep; 65(9):1319-22. doi: 10.1021/np010647c" |
