Title: | "Sex attractant pheromone of the house fly: isolation, identification and synthesis" |
Author(s): | Carlson DA; Mayer MS; Silhacek DL; James JD; Beroza M; Bierl BA; |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.174.4004.76 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking) |
Abstract: | A sex pheromone isolated from the cuticle and feces of the female house fly attracts the male fly; it has been identified as (Z)-9-tricosene. Chemical and biological comparisons of the natural and synthesized compounds show that they are identical |
Keywords: | "Alkenes/analysis/chemical synthesis/*isolation & purification/pharmacology Animals Chromatography Chromatography, Thin Layer Feces/analysis Female *Houseflies Hydrocarbons/analysis/pharmacology Lipids/analysis/pharmacology Male Paraffin/analysis/pharmacol;" |
Notes: | "MedlineCarlson, D A Mayer, M S Silhacek, D L James, J D Beroza, M Bierl, B A eng 1971/10/01 Science. 1971 Oct 1; 174(4004):76-8. doi: 10.1126/science.174.4004.76" |