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Bombykal, a Second Pheromone Component of the Silkworm Moth Bombyx mori L
Author(s) -
Kasang Gerhard,
Kaissling Karl Ernst,
Vostrowsky Otto,
Bestmann Hans Jürgen
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197800601
Subject(s) - pheromone , bombyx mori , sex pheromone , receptor , aldehyde , component (thermodynamics) , alcohol , biology , chemistry , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , stereochemistry , biochemistry , botany , gene , catalysis , physics , thermodynamics
The chemical communication between the male and female silkworm moth is more complicated than hitherto assumed. The known attractant bombykol, an alcohol, acts on only one type of receptor cell in the male, whereas the female scent excites both kinds. Once it had been demonstrated that the corresponding synthetic aldehyde (bombykal) excites the other kind of receptor cells, this compound was sought and found in the abdominal glands of the female moth ( ca . 15 ng per gland).