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Arch Insect Biochem Physiol

Title:		"Sex pheromone components in oral secretions and crop of male Caribbean fruit flies, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew)"
Author(s):		Lu F; Teal PE;
Address:		"Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, Florida 32604, USA"
Journal Title:		Arch Insect Biochem Physiol
Year:		2001
Volume:		48
Issue:		3
Page Number:		144 - 154
DOI:		10.1002/arch.1067
ISSN/ISBN:		0739-4462 (Print) 0739-4462 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Chemical analysis of hexane extracts of the oral secretions from male Caribbean fruit flies, Anastrepha suspensa, resulted in identification of pheromone components including: anastrephin, epianastrephin, suspensolide, beta-bisabolene, and alpha-farnesene in a ratio of 63:396:4:8:1. Extracts of the crop from male flies contained these same components. No pheromone was detected in the extracts of female oral secretions. Bioassay of the oral secretions indicated that females were attracted to oral secretions from males but not from females. The amounts of anastrephin and epianastrephin in male oral secretions changed with age and time of the day, and were correlated with the amounts of volatile pheromone components released by male flies. The amounts of suspensolide, beta-bisabolene, and alpha-farnesene in the crop tissue were greater than those in the crop liquid, while amounts of anastrephin and epianastrephin in the crop tissue and crop liquid changed during the day. Generally, the amounts of suspensolide and beta-bisabolene decreased, and the amounts of anastrephin and epianastrephin increased from 9 am to 6 pm in both crop tissue and crop liquid. The amounts of anastrephin and epianastrephin from crop tissue or crop liquid incubated with suspensolide were significantly higher than those of control. The data show that oral secretions deposited on leaves by males contained terpenoid pheromone components that attract females and that suspensolide was converted to anastrephin and epianastrephin by enzymatic degradation in the crop of male flies"
Keywords:		Animals Biological Assay Diptera/*metabolism Female Male Mouth/*metabolism Sex Attractants/chemistry/*physiology;
Notes:		"MedlineLu, F Teal, P E eng 2001/10/24 Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2001 Nov; 48(3):144-54. doi: 10.1002/arch.1067"