| Title: | "Mammalian exocrine secretions XIX. Chemical characterization of the interdigital secretion of the Black Wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou" |
| Author(s): | Burger BV; Slade D; Bekker MZ; Goitom AH; |
| Address: | "Laboratory for Ecological Chemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa, E-mail: BenBurger@sun.ac.za. Laboratory for Ecological Chemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. Present address: National Center for Natural Products Research, Thad Cochran Research Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS 38677, USA. Present address: The Australian Wine Research Institute, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. Present address: Department of Chemistry, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1865-7125 (Electronic) 0341-0382 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Using gas chromatography (GC) in conjunction with electron impact mass spectrometry and retention-time comparison, 94 compounds, ranging from 2-methyl-2-propenal to octadecanoic acid, were identified in the interdigital secretions of male and female black wildebeests, Connochaetes gnou (also known as the white-tailed gnu). The constituents of these secretions belong to many different compound classes, including hydrocarbons, alcohols, aromatics and aliphatic carbonyl compounds including carboxylic acids as well as carboxylic acid esters. Relatively small quantitative differences were found between the male and female interdigital secretions. It was concluded that these compounds probably do not play a significant role in territorial marking or in chemical communication between males and females of the species, but they could be involved in preserving the remarkably strong attachment between members of social subgroups in black wildebeest populations" |
| Keywords: | Animals Antelopes/*physiology Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Pheromones/*analysis Sex Characteristics Social Behavior Species Specificity Territoriality black wildebeest interdigital secretion semiochemicals white-tailed gnu; |
| Notes: | "MedlineBurger, Barend V Slade, Desmond Bekker, Marlize Z Goitom, Aron H eng Germany 2020/06/24 Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2020 Sep 25; 75(9-10):339-351. doi: 10.1515/znc-2019-0159" |
