Title: | Stereochemical studies on pheromonal communications |
Address: | "Photosensitive Materials Research Center, Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd" |
Journal Title: | Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1349-2896 (Electronic) 0386-2208 (Print) 0386-2208 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Pheromonal communications are heavily dependent on the stereochemistry of pheromones. Their enantioselective syntheses could establish the absolute configuration of the naturally occurring pheromones, and clarified the unique relationships between absolute configuration and bioactivity. For example, neither the (R)- nor (S)-enantiomer of sulcatol, the aggregation pheromone of an ambrosia beetle, is behaviorally active, while their mixture is bioactive. Recent results as summarized in the present review further illustrate the unique and diverse relationships between stereochemistry and bioactivity of pheromones" |
Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Coleoptera/*physiology Octanols/*chemistry/*metabolism Pheromones/*chemistry/*metabolism Stereoisomerism Structure-Activity Relationship;" |
Notes: | "MedlineMori, Kenji eng Review Japan 2014/12/17 Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci. 2014; 90(10):373-88. doi: 10.2183/pjab.90.373" |