SEX ATTRACTANTS IN MALE PREPUTIAL GLAND - CHEMICAL-IDENTIFICATION ANDTHEIR ROLE IN REPRODUCTIVE-BEHAVIOR OF RATS

Authors
KANNAN S KUMAR KR ARCHUNAN G
Citation
S. Kannan et al., SEX ATTRACTANTS IN MALE PREPUTIAL GLAND - CHEMICAL-IDENTIFICATION ANDTHEIR ROLE IN REPRODUCTIVE-BEHAVIOR OF RATS, Current Science, 74(8), 1998, pp. 689-691
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
74
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
689 - 691
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1998)74:8<689:SAIMPG>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We report here the structural elucidation of three hitherto unreported pheromonal components unique to male rats. The structures are (i) 2,6 ,10-dodecatrien-1-ol,3,7,11-trimethyl (Z, E); (ii) Di-n-octyl phthalat e, and (iii) 1,2 Benzenedicarboxylic acid, diisooctyl ester. Of these, the first two attract the opposite sex while the third compound attra cts the same sex.