The Chromatography of Gyptol and Gyptyl Ester
- 1 April 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 47 (2) , 321-326
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/47.2.321
Abstract
An effective chromatographic procedure is descr. by which 2 and possibly 3 products have been isolated from the unsaponifiable fraction obtained from virgin female gypsy moths (Porthetria dispar). These 3 products were attractive to male moths at a concn. of 6 ug. per field- trap. Evidence indicates that one is a primary alcohol and the other a secondary alcohol. The latter was isolated as the ester of a fatty acid, probably stearic. U.-v. and infared spectra are given.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Studies on the Chromatography of Gyptyl AzoateJournal of Economic Entomology, 1953
- The Isolation of Gyptol, the Sex Attractant of the Female Gypsy MothJournal of Economic Entomology, 1953