Volatile, potential attractants from ripe coffee fruit for female Mediterranean fruit fly

Twenty-eight volatile compounds from freshly crushed, ripe, dark red coffee fruit, Coffea arabica, were identified by dynamic headspace analysis techniques. Identifications were made on the basis of a comparison of Kovats indices and GC-MS spectra for unknowns and authentic samples. Of the compounds...

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Published in:Journal of chemical ecology 1997-07, Vol.23 (7), p.1891-1900
Main Authors: Warthen, J.D. (USDA, ARS, Insect Chemical Ecology Laboratory, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD.), Lee, C.J, Jang, E.B, Lance, D.R, McInnis, D.O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aldehydes
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
ATRAYENTES
ATTRACTANTS
ATTRACTIF
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
CERATITIS CAPITATA
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COFFEA ARABICA
Coffee
COMPOSE VOLATIL
COMPOSICION QUIMICA
COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE
COMPUESTO VOLATIL
CONTROL DE INSECTOS
FRUITS
FRUTAS
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
IDENTIFICACION
IDENTIFICATION
INSECT ATTRACTANTS
INSECT CONTROL
Insects
LUTTE ANTIINSECTE
Monoterpenes
Protozoa. Invertebrata
VOCs
VOLATILE COMPOUNDS
Volatile organic compounds
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Summary:Twenty-eight volatile compounds from freshly crushed, ripe, dark red coffee fruit, Coffea arabica, were identified by dynamic headspace analysis techniques. Identifications were made on the basis of a comparison of Kovats indices and GC-MS spectra for unknowns and authentic samples. Of the compounds identified, 10 were alcohols, nine were aldehydes, five were ketones, and four were monoterpenes. The five most abundant volatiles in decreasing order were hexanal (21%), 2-(E)-hexenal (11%), 3-methyl-1-butanol (9.0%), 3-methyl-1-butanal (8.5%), and 1-hexanol (8.4%). The five least abundant volatiles of the 28 identified, in increasing order, were decanal (0.19%), methyl hexanoate (0.33%), pulegone (0.44%), alpha-isomenthone (0.45%), and 2-nonanone (0.55%). In preliminary tests, many of the identified volatiles attracted more female Mediterranean fruit flies than the control
ISSN:0098-0331
1573-1561
DOI:10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006458.02342.61