Sex Pheromone of the Japanese Cockroach, Periplaneta japonica KARNY (Dictyoptera : Blattidae)
Open Access
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Japanese Society of Applied Entomology & Zoology in Applied Entomology and Zoology
- Vol. 24 (4) , 435-440
- https://doi.org/10.1303/aez.24.435
Abstract
The sex pheromone of the Japanese cockroach, Periplaneta japonica, was purified from about 5,000 unmated females and the isolated pheromone was subjected to instrumental analyses. The pheromone, which we have called periplanone-J, revealed a strong pheromone activity toward males of the Japanese cockroach and the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. From spectral analyses and comparison of sex pheromone activity between P. japonica and P. americana, a tentative structure of periplanone-J was proposed as (1R,6e,8S)-1(14)-epoxy-5(15),6-germacradien-10-one.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Sex Pheromone Activity of Synthetic (±)-Periplanone-A and (±)-Epiperiplanone-A to Males of Periplaneta and BlattaJournal of Pesticide Science, 1988
- Sex Pheromone Activity of Synthetic Periplanone-B in Male Cockroaches of Genera Periplaneta and BlattaJournal of Pesticide Science, 1988
- Isolation of sex pheromones of the american cockroach by monitoring with electroantennogram responsesInsect Biochemistry, 1983
- Investigation of a sex pheromone for the oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalisJournal of Insect Physiology, 1983
- Sex pheromone of the american cockroach,Periplaneta americanaJournal of Chemical Ecology, 1979