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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Origin of kairomones in the leek moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella, Lep.) frass : Possible pathway from methylthio to propylthio compounds"
Author(s):		Auger J; Lecomte C; Thibout E;
Address:		"Institut de Biocenotique Experimentale des Agrosystemes URA CNRS 1298, Universite Francois Rabelais, Parc de Grandmont, 37200, Tours, France"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1990
Volume:		16
Issue:		6
Page Number:		1743 - 1750
DOI:		10.1007/BF01020491
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		Feeding leek moths on an artificial diet has shown that dimethyl and dipropyl disulfides and methyl-propyl disulfide found in frass arise from sulfur compounds specific toAllium. The addition of either propyl or methyl disulfide or their precursors to the diet leads to appearance of the three disulfides in the frass. This implies the transformation of theS-propyl moiety toS-methyl and vice versa by an as yet unknown mechanism
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEAuger, J Lecomte, C Thibout, E eng 1990/06/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Jun; 16(6):1743-50. doi: 10.1007/BF01020491"