CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF ASTIGMATID MITES .44. IDENTIFICATION OF (Z,Z,Z)-5,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC ACID AND (Z,Z)-5,9-OCTADECADIENOIC ACID AS POSSIBLE BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS OF NEW HYDROCARBONS (Z,Z,Z)-4,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE AND (Z,Z)-4,8-HEPTADECADIENE FOUND IN THE ASTIGMATID MITE, TORTONIA SP

Authors
KUWAHARA Y SAMEJIMA M SAKATA T KUROSA K SATO M MATSUYAMA S SUZUKI T
Citation
Y. Kuwahara et al., CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF ASTIGMATID MITES .44. IDENTIFICATION OF (Z,Z,Z)-5,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC ACID AND (Z,Z)-5,9-OCTADECADIENOIC ACID AS POSSIBLE BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS OF NEW HYDROCARBONS (Z,Z,Z)-4,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE AND (Z,Z)-4,8-HEPTADECADIENE FOUND IN THE ASTIGMATID MITE, TORTONIA SP, Applied Entomology and Zoology, 30(3), 1995, pp. 433-441
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Applied Entomology and Zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036862
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
433 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6862(1995)30:3<433:CEOAM.>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
(Z,Z,Z)-5,9,12-Octadecatrienoic acid and (Z,Z)-5,9-octadecadienoic aci d were isolated as components of body lipid from an unidentified speci es of the genus 'Tortonia [Astigmata:Suidasiidae]. The chemical struct ures were elucidated either by partial hydrogenation and subsequent GC /MS analysis of their dimethyldisulfide (DMDS) derivatives, or by GC/M S analysis of their DMDS derivatives. Both are new fatty acids constit uting natural products obtained from mites and are possible biosynthet ic precursors of the new hydrocarbons (Z,Z,Z)-4,8,11-heptadecacriene a nd (Z,Z)-4,8-heptadecadiene found in the same species.