Isolation, identification, and synthesis of male-produced sex pheromone of papaya fruit fly,Toxotrypana curvicaudaGerstaecker (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Isolation and identification of terpenoi

Isolation and identification of terpenoid sex pheromone components from extracts of hemolymph of males of the Caribbean fruit fly

✍ P.E.A. Teal; J.A. Meredith; Y. Gomez-Simuta 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 129 KB 👁 1 views

Extracts obtained from hemolymph of sexually mature males of the Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa contained four biologically important terpenoid components of the sex pheromone. The four components were identified as farnesene, bisabolene, anastrephin, and epianastrepin based on their relati