TY - JOUR
T1 - Azamacrolides
T2 - A family of alkaloids from the pupal defensive secretion of a ladybird beetle (Epilachna varivestis)
AU - Attygalle, Athula B.
AU - Mccormick, Kevin D.
AU - Blankespoor, Curtis L.
AU - Eisner, Thomas
AU - Meinwald, Jerrold
PY - 1993/6/1
Y1 - 1993/6/1
N2 - Defensive droplets from glandular hairs of the pupa of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis, contain a group of structurally novel alkaloids, the azamacrolides. The major constituent of this secretion, epilachnene, is shown to be (5Z)-11-propyl-12-azacyclotetradec-5-en-14-olide. The secretion also contains an epilachnadiene and trace amounts of three closely related components.
AB - Defensive droplets from glandular hairs of the pupa of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis, contain a group of structurally novel alkaloids, the azamacrolides. The major constituent of this secretion, epilachnene, is shown to be (5Z)-11-propyl-12-azacyclotetradec-5-en-14-olide. The secretion also contains an epilachnadiene and trace amounts of three closely related components.
KW - Coccinellidae
KW - Insect repellent
KW - Insecta
KW - Macrolide
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.90.11.5204
DO - 10.1073/pnas.90.11.5204
M3 - Article
C2 - 8506367
AN - SCOPUS:0027279051
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 90
SP - 5204
EP - 5208
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 11
ER -