Baker T C, Nishida R, Roelofs W L
Science. 1981 Dec 18;214(4527):1359-61. doi: 10.1126/science.214.4527.1359.
A blend of ethyl trans-cinnamate, methyl 2-epijasmonate, methyl jasmonate, and (R)-(-)-mellein, identified from the hairpencils of male Oriental fruit moths, attracts sex pheromone-releasing females several centimeters away. The chemicals thereby duplicate the behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship; the chemicals also produce the herbal scent emanating from the hairpencils.
从雄性梨小食心虫的发香器中鉴定出的反式肉桂酸乙酯、2-表茉莉酸甲酯、茉莉酸甲酯和(R)-(-)-苹果菌素的混合物,能在数厘米外吸引释放性信息素的雌虫。因此,这些化学物质复制了求偶期间展示出发香器的雄虫所引发的行为效应;这些化学物质还产生了从发香器散发出来的草本气味。