Sex Pheromone of the Tsetse Fly: Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis of Contact Aphrodisiacs
- 25 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4357) , 750-753
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.675256
Abstract
Sex pheromones isolated from the cuticle of the female tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood, release mating behavior in the male fly at ultrashort range or upon contact with baited decoys. Three active components were identified as 15,19-dimethylheptatriacontane, 17,21-dimethylheptatriacontane, and 15,19,23-trimethylheptatriacontane. Chemical and biological comparisons show that the natural and synthetic compounds are identical.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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