Interspecific variation in defense secretions of malaysian termites from the genusNasutitermes (Isoptera, nasutitermitinae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1989 Malaysia English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Chemical Ecology, volume 15, pages 549-563 (issn: 0098-0331, eissn: 1573-1561,

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Authors: Chuah, Cheng Hock; Goh, S.H.; Tho, Y.P.;

doi: 10.1007/bf01014700

pmid: 24271798

Interspecific variation in defense secretions of malaysian termites from the genusNasutitermes (Isoptera, nasutitermitinae)

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The defense secretions of five species of MalaysianNasutitermes,N. longinasus, N. matangensis, N, havilandi, N. johoricus, andNasutitermes species 01, are compared.N. longinasus andN. species 01 provide trinervitene alcohols,N. havilandi mainly tricyclic trinervitene and tetracyclic kempane alcohols and acetates, whereasN. matangensis furnish acetyl/propionyl derivatives of trinervita-11(12),15(17)-dien-3α,9β,13α-triol (XXI and XXII). A new diterpene, assigned as trinervita-11(12),15(17)-dien-3α,13α-diol-3,13-O-diacetate (XVII), is isolated fromN. havilandi. The mono- and diterpenoid compositions, being species-specific, are useful for chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies.

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Malaysia

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Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Malaysia
Forest Research Institute
India
University of Malaya
Malaysia

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