Volatile Terpenes and Terpenoids from Workers and Queens of Monomorium chinense (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Molecules
; 23(11)2018 Nov 01.
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ABSTRACT
Twenty-one volatile terpenes and terpenoids were found in Monomorium chinense Santschi (Hymenoptera Formicidae), a native Chinese ant, by using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas-phase chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which makes this ant one of the most prolific terpene producers in insect. A sesquiterpene with unknown structure (terpene 1) was the main terpene in workers and neocembrene in queens. Terpenes and terpenoids were detected in poison, Dufour's and mandibular glands of both workers and queens. Worker ants raised on a terpene-free diet showed the same terpene profile as ants collected in the field, indicating that de novo terpene and terpenoid synthesis occurs in M. chinense.
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Formigas
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Terpenos
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Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article