Abstract
The defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor contains a mixture of 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone and m-cresol. The phenol had not previously been detected in the secretion, although some investigators reported presence of 2-ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone as a second component. We failed to detect the latter quinone in secretion samples from three laboratory populations of T. molitor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 805-809 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1991 |
Keywords
- 2-Methyl-1,4-benzoquinone
- Coleoptera
- Tenebrio molitor
- Tenebrionidae
- defensive glands
- m-cresol