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1-Octen-3-ol together with geosmin: New secretion compounds from a polydesmid millipede, Niponia nodulosa

Journal of chemical ecology, 2002-12, Vol.28 (12), p.2601-2612 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2003 INIST-CNRS ;Plenum Publishing Corporation 2002 ;ISSN: 0098-0331 ;EISSN: 1573-1561 ;DOI: 10.1023/A:1021400606217 ;PMID: 12564803 ;CODEN: JCECD8

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Title:
1-Octen-3-ol together with geosmin: New secretion compounds from a polydesmid millipede, Niponia nodulosa
Author: OMURA, Hisashi ; KUWAHARA, Yasumasa ; TANABE, Tsutomu
Subjects: Animal and plant ecology ; Animal Communication ; Animal reproduction ; Animal, plant and microbial ecology ; Animals ; Ants ; Arthropods - chemistry ; Autoecology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Biological Assay ; Chemotaxis ; Exocrine Glands ; Feeding Behavior ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Insects ; Larva ; Locomotion ; Naphthols - chemistry ; Naphthols - pharmacology ; Octanols - chemistry ; Octanols - pharmacology ; Odorants ; Pheromones - chemistry ; Pheromones - pharmacology ; Protozoa. Invertebrata ; Smell
Is Part Of: Journal of chemical ecology, 2002-12, Vol.28 (12), p.2601-2612
Description: The small millipede Niponia nodulosa (Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae) emits an earthy smell when disturbed. This smell was obtained from hexane extracts from both sexes at the sixth and seventh instars and adult stages, and was found by GC/MS analyses to be composed of two compounds, 1-octen-3-ol as the major component and geosmin as the minor component. This is the first report of these compounds in secreted substances from millipedes. As they showed little repellent activity against foraging ants in bioassays, their biological function as defensive allomones was not clearly elucidated. However, both compounds provoked negative chemotaxis of conspecific millipedes in a Y-tube olfactometer, especially 1-octen-3-ol, which was active at a dose equivalent to the content of a single millipede. Such biological activity suggests that this compound is involved in intraspecific communication in this millipede and may play a role as an alarm pheromone.
Publisher: New York, NY: Springer
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0098-0331
EISSN: 1573-1561
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021400606217
PMID: 12564803
CODEN: JCECD8
Source: MEDLINE
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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1-Octen-3-ol together with geosmin: New secretion compounds from a polydesmid millipede, Niponia nodulosa

2003 INIST-CNRS ;Plenum Publishing Corporation 2002 ;ISSN: 0098-0331 ;EISSN: 1573-1561 ;DOI: 10.1023/A:1021400606217 ;PMID: 12564803 ;CODEN: JCECD8

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