New chemicals from the dufour gland of the formicine ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

A. B. Attygalle, O. Vostrowsky, H. J. Bestmann, E. D. Morgan

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Abstract

A series of esters of C8-C13 fatty acids formed with C10-C12 straight chain alcohols, representing 3.7% of the glandular contents, was found in the Dufour gland of workers of the formicine ant Lasius niger. Altogether, nearly 50 components, among them hydrocarbons, alcohols, acetates and propionates were identified in the glandular liquid by means of gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS), using a solid injection technique. The wax esters and the propionates-decyl, dodecyl, octadecyl and farnesyl-have not been previously reported from ant secretions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-225
Number of pages7
JournalInsect Biochemistry
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

Keywords

  • Ants
  • Dufour gland
  • Lasius niger
  • acetates
  • dodecyl dodecanoate
  • hydrocarbons
  • propionates
  • solid injection technique
  • volatiles
  • wax esters

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