Science. 1981 Dec 18;214(4527):1363-5. doi: 10.1126/science.214.4527.1363.
Soldiers of the lower termites Prorhinotermes simplex and Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) have electrophilic contact poisons used in colony defense. Workers of these termites die when exposed to the defense secretion of the other species, but survive when exposed to chemicals from conspecific soldiers. Detoxication occurs by an initial substrate-specific reduction of the electron-deficient double bond of the nitroalkene (Prorhinotermes simplex) or vinyl ketone (Schedorhinotermes lamanianus) followed by complete catabolism to acetate.
低级白蚁普雷若蚁和拉马努蚁（等翅目，鼻白蚁科）的兵蚁具有用于群体防御的亲电接触毒物。当这些白蚁的工蚁暴露于其他物种的防御分泌物时会死亡，但当暴露于同种兵蚁的化学物质时则能存活。解毒作用是通过初始的底物特异性还原硝基烯烃（普雷若蚁）或乙烯酮（拉马努蚁）的缺电子双键来实现的，随后完全分解为乙酸盐。
