Decyl acetate synthesis in the ant,Formica schaufussi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany;2. Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan;3. Department of Plant Sciences, Quiad-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan;4. Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, 501 Life Sciences West, 74078 Stillwater, OK, USA;5. Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran |
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Decyl acetate occurs in high amounts in the Dufour's gland of Formica schaufussi. When worker ants were fed [14C]-acetate the acetate moiety of decyl acetate was labelled preferentially indicating that decyl acetate is synthesized via an esterification reaction. |
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