The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | J P J Billen B D Jackson E D Morgan |
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| Institution: | (1) Zoological Institute, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, (Belgium);(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Staffordshire, (England) |
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| Abstract: | Summary The principal constituent of the pygidial gland ofNothomyrmecia macrops is 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-2-one, a substance not previously identified in insects. Also identified were 2,6-dimethylhept-5-enal, 2-nonanone, indole,  -dodecalactone, and the hydrocarbons pentadecane, heptadecane, heptadecene and heptadecadiene, all in low nanogram quantities. |
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| Keywords: | Ant pygidial gland Nothomyrmecia dimethyloctenone  -dodecalactone" target="_blank">gif" alt="gamma" align="MIDDLE" BORDER="0">-dodecalactone |
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