Identification of new components from anal glands ofTapinoma simrothi pheonicium |
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| Authors: | Abraham Hefetz Helen A. Lloyd |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel
2. Laboratory of Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, 20205, Bethesda, Maryland
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| Abstract: | In addition to 2-methyl-4-heptanone, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, and iridodials, the anal gland exudate of the dolichoderine ant,Tapinoma simrothi, contains 4-heptanone and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone. The secretion functions as an alarm pheromone. |
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