Sex Attractant Pheromone of the House Fly: Isolation, Identification and Synthesis
- 1 October 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4004), 76-78
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4004.76
Abstract
A sex pheromone isolated from the cuticle and feces of the female house fly attracts the male fly; it has been identified as (Z)-9-tricosene. Chemical and biological comparisons of the natural and synthesized compounds show that they are identical.Keywords
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