SOLDIER DEFENSIVE SECRETION OF 3 AMITERMES SPECIES

Authors
BRAEKMAN JC REMACLE A ROISIN Y
Citation
Jc. Braekman et al., SOLDIER DEFENSIVE SECRETION OF 3 AMITERMES SPECIES, Biochemical systematics and ecology, 21(6-7), 1993, pp. 661-666
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Biochemical systematics and ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03051978
Volume
21
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
661 - 666
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-1978(1993)21:6-7<661:SDSO3A>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The soldier defensive secretion of three Amitermes species (A. arboreu s, A. beaumonti and A. papuanus) have been analyzed by GC/MS. 4,11-epo xy-cis-eudesmane and gamma1-cadinene are the main constituents of the secretion of A. arboreus; neo-intermedeol and terpinolene those of the secretion of A. beaumonti. Myrcene and five other monoterpenes consti tute the bulk of the secretion of A. papuanus. These findings reinforc e the hypothesis of a pre-Cretaceous evolution and dispersal of ancest ral Amitermes.