2018

Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched drug precursors and an insect pheromone via reduction of ketones using commercially available carbonyl reductase screening kit 'Chiralscreen(R) OH'

2013

Ascaroside activity in Caenorhabditis elegans is highly dependent on chemical structure

"Enantiomer and conformer recognition of (+) and (-)-disparlure and their analogs by the pheromone binding proteins of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar"

2010

Synthesis and biological activity of conformationally restricted gypsy moth pheromone mimics

2009

"Insect neuropeptides: structures, chemical modifications and potential for insect control"

"Potent activity of a PK/PBAN analog with an (E)-alkene, trans-Pro mimic identifies the Pro orientation and core conformation during interaction with HevPBANR-C receptor"

2008

Theoretical analysis of the electronic properties of the sex pheromone and its analogue derivatives in the female processionary moth Thaumetopoea pytiocampa

2007

"Synthesis and biological activities of analogs of D-glucosyl-l-tyrosine, a humoral factor that stimulates transcription of the acyl-CoA binding protein in the pheromone gland of the Silkmoth, Bombyx mori"

"Synthesis of fluorescent molecular probes specific for the receptor of blepharismone, a mating-inducing pheromone of the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum"

Significance of chirality in pheromone science

2006

An evaluation of automated in silico ligand docking of amino acid ligands to Family C G-protein coupled receptors

2003

Three-dimensional pharmacophore hypotheses of octopamine/tyramine agonists which inhibit [1-14C]acetate incorporation in Plodia interpunctella

"New fluorinated derivatives as esterase inhibitors. Synthesis, hydration and crossed specificity studies"

1999

Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity studies of octopaminergic agonists responsible for the inhibition of sex-pheromone production in Helicoverpa [correction of Hercoverpa] armigera

1997

Enantiomers of cis- and trans-3-(4-propyl-cyclopent-2-enyl) propyl acetate. A study on the bioactive conformation and chiral recognition of a moth sex pheromone component

"Identification and biosynthesis of (E,E)-10,12-tetradecadienyl acetate in Spodoptera littoralis female sex pheromone gland"

1996

"Pheromone syntheses: a tropical approach. Enantioselective synthesis of the (2R,6S,10S) and (2S,6S,10S) isomers of methyl 2,6,10-trimethyldodecanoate"

"(R-Z)-7,15-hexadecadien-4-olide, sex pheromone of the yellowish elongate chafer, Heptophylla picea"

"Synthesis of some analogues of blattellastanoside A, the steroidal aggregation pheromone of the German cockroach"

"The pheromone system of the male danaine butterfly, Idea leuconoe"

Sex attractant pheromone of the pecan nut casebearer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

"(Z,E)-alpha-farnesene--an electroantennogram-active component of Maladera matrida volatiles"

"Synthesis of [14,14,14-2H3] 12-hydroxytetradecanoic acid and [13,14-2H2] 11-hydroxytetradecanoic acid useful as tracers to study a (11E)-desaturation reaction in Spodoptera littoralis"

Transformation of presumptive precursors to frontalin and exo-brevicomin by bark beetles and west Indian sugarcane weevil (Coleoptera)

Proteins that smell: pheromone recognition and signal transduction

Optimization of blends of synthetic pheromone components for trapping male limabean pod borers (Etiella zinckenella Tr.) (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae): preliminary evidence on geographical differences

A versatile and convenient protocol for the stereocontrolled synthesis of olefinic insect pheromones

"(3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate, major sex pheromone component of the tomato pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)"

New mimics of the acetate function in pheromone-based attraction

A convenient synthesis of trans-sabinene hydrate from (-)-3-thujol via a highly selective ene reaction of singlet oxygen

Labial gland chemistry of three species of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from North America

"Ab initio calculations on (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a component of the pheromone complex of Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and electrophysiological studies with chain elongated analogues"

Difluoropalmitic acids as potential inhibitors of the biosynthesis of the sex pheromone of the Egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis--IV

The aphid sex pheromone cyclopentanoids: synthesis in the elucidation of structure and biosynthetic pathways

Asymmetric aldol condensation as a route to polypropionate derived pheromones

Antennal response and field attraction of the predator Elatophilus hebraicus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to sex pheromones and analogues of three Matsucoccus spp. (Homoptera: Matsucoccidae)

"Identification and synthesis of new bicyclic acetals from the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Col.: Scol.)"

"On the regioselectivity of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction of 2,6-dialkyl cyclohexanones: application to the synthesis of sordidin, a male pheromone emitted by Cosmopolites sordidus"

"Conformationally constrained analogues of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of Agrotis segetum"

"Enzymatic synthesis of (2E,4E)-(6R,10R)-4,6,10,12-tetramethyl-2,4-tridecadien-7-one, the sex pheromone of Matsucoccus matsumurae Japanese pine bast scale"

"Chemical ecology of astigmatid mites--XLV. (2R, 3R)-epoxyneral: sex pheromone of the acarid mite Caloglyphus sp. (Acarina: Acaridae)"

"Chemical identification, electrophysiological and behavioral activities of the pheromone of Metamasius hemipterus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)"

Biosynthetic enzymes regulating ratios of sex pheromone components in female redbanded leafroller moths

Assignment of absolute stereochemistry to an insect pheromone by chiral amplification

The integral role of triacyl glycerols in the biosynthesis of the aldehydic sex pheromones of Manduca sexta (L)

"Enzymatic preparation of (4R,6R)-4-hydroxy-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane and its antipode, the minor component of the olive fruit fly pheromone"

Polyketide origin of pheromones of Carpophilus davidsoni and C. mutilatus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

1994

Synthesis of trifluoromethyl ketones as inhibitors of antennal esterases of insects

1993

"Synthesis of racemic 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-ol, a pheromone of rice moth and 5,9,13-trimethyltetradecanoic acid, a component of marine sponge from a common intermediate"

"Synthesis of the enantiomers of lasiol, an acyclic monoterpene alcohol in the mandibular gland secretion of the male ants, Lasius meridionalis"