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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Female-produced oviposition deterrents of the cigarette beetle,Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)"
Author(s):		Imai T; Kodama H; Chuman T; Kohno M;
Address:		"Applied Plant Research Laboratory, Yokohama Center, Japan"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1990
Volume:		16
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1237 - 1247
DOI:		10.1007/BF01021022
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Oviposition deterrents of the cigarette beetle,Lasioderma serricorne, were isolated from its adult body extract and found to be identical to (2S,3R,1'S)-2,3-dihydro-3,5-dimethyl-2-ethyl-6-(l'-methyl-2'-oxobutyl)-4H-pyran-4-one (alpha-serricorone) and its l'R-epimer (beta-serricorone) by spectroscopic evidence. Serricorone was previously found as one of the minor sex pheromone components of the same insect, and hence indicating bi-functional nature. The presence of two isomers in the body was proved by careful treatment. Each of them exhibited the same level of oviposition deterring activity, which was less potent than the crude body extract at an increased concentration"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEImai, T Kodama, H Chuman, T Kohno, M eng 1990/04/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Apr; 16(4):1237-47. doi: 10.1007/BF01021022"