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| Gerhard Kasang, Leopold Von Proff, Michael Nicholls | Requires cookie* | | Title
| Enzymatic Conversion and Degradation of Sex Pheromones in Antennae of the Male Silkworm Moth Antheraea polyphemus  | | | Abstract
| In living antennae of the male silkworm moth Antheraea polyphemus the pheromone com-pounds [6,7-3 H]-6,ll-hexadecadienyl acetate and [12,13-3 H]-10,12-hexadecadienol are enzymati-cally converted to their corresponding fatty alcohols, aldehydes, acids and long-chained fatty acid esters. In antennae of freshly hatched moths the 3 H-labeled pheromones are degraded at high rates to volatile polar metabolites. The half-life of the pheromone acetate is about 3 min. In dried antennae the pheromone acetate is merely hydrolyzed to the fatty alcohol. | | |
Reference
| Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 275—284 (1988); received December 14 1987/January 25 1988 Dedicated to | | |
Published
| 1988 | | |
Keywords
| birthday Moth, Antennae, Pheromones, Metabolites, Enzymes | | |
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