Benzoyl cyanide in the defensive secretion of polydesmoid millipeds |
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| Authors: | W E Conner T H Jones T Eisner J Meinwald |
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| Institution: | (1) Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, New York, USA;(2) Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary A novel cyanogenetic compound, benzoyl cyanide, was isolated from the defensive secretion of 3 polydesmoid millipeds (Pseudopolydesmus serratus, Apheloria corrugata and A. trimaculata). The secretion of the 3 species also contains mandelonitrile and benzaldehyde, and that of P. serratus contains mandelonitrile benzoate, benzoic acid, isovaleric acid, myristic acid and stearic acid.Paper No. 52 of the series Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods.The study was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (grants AI-12020 and AI-02908 and Fellowship 1-F-32-CA05139 to T. H. J.) and the National Science Foundation (grant BMS 75-15084). |
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