Chemistry:Octadecanolide
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Octadecanolide is an organic compound with the chemical formula C
18H
34O
2. It is a cyclic ester or lactone, more specifically a macrolide.
Occurrence
Several species of bees (such as some of genera Colletes, Halictus, Lasioglossum) and butterflies (such as some of genus Heliconius) use octadecanolide as a pheromone.[1] The Dufour's gland of bees in the Halictinae subfamily, contains octadecanolide along with other macrocyclic lactones, which could be used for a range of different applications like nest building, larval food and chemical communication.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ octadecanolide in Pherobase
- ↑ Hefetz, Abraham; Blum, Murray; Eickwort, George; Wheeler, James (1978). "Chemistry of the dufour's gland secretion of halictine bees". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 61 (1): 129–132. doi:10.1016/0305-0491(78)90229-8.
- ↑ Johansson, Ingela (1982). "Systematic relationship of halictinae bees based on the pattern of macrocyclic lactones in the Dufour gland secretion". Insect Biochemistry 12 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1016/0020-1790(82)90004-X.
- ↑ Mitra, Aniruddha (2013). "Function of the Dufour's gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera". Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 33–58. doi:10.3897/JHR.35.4783.
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