SEX-PHEROMONES IN MARINE POLYCHAETES - STEROIDS FROM RIPE NEREIS-SUCCINEA

Authors
ZEECK E HARDEGE JD WILLIG A IKEKAWA N FUJIMOTO Y
Citation
E. Zeeck et al., SEX-PHEROMONES IN MARINE POLYCHAETES - STEROIDS FROM RIPE NEREIS-SUCCINEA, Steroids, 59(5), 1994, pp. 341-344
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Steroids → ACNP
ISSN journal
0039128X
Volume
59
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
341 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-128X(1994)59:5<341:SIMP-S>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A number of neutral marine steroids such as desmosterol, campesterol, brassicasterol, gorgosterol, and other trace steroids were isolated fr om the coelomic fluid of ripe Nereis succinea and checked for biologic al activity as sex pheromones on swarming specimens of Platynereis dum erilii and Nereis succinea. No significant influence of synthetic gorg osterol or a natural extract of gorgosterol or the other identified st eroids on the swarming behavior was observed.