Volatile Terpenes and Terpenoids from Workers and Queens of Monomorium chinense (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Twenty-one volatile terpenes and terpenoids were found in 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 prod...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-11, Vol.23 (11), p.2838
Main Authors: Zhao, Rui, Lu, Lihua, Shi, Qingxing, Chen, Jian, He, Yurong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biosynthesis
Dufour's gland
Exocrine glands
Formicidae
glandular source
Headspace
headspace solid phase microextraction
Hymenoptera
Insects
Laboratories
Mandibular gland
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Monomorium chinense
Pheromones
Queens
Solid phases
terpenes
terpenoids
Workers (insect caste)
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Summary:Twenty-one volatile terpenes and terpenoids were found in 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 terpene and terpenoid synthesis occurs in . .
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules23112838