Laboratory of Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, 20205, Bethesda, Maryland.
J Chem Ecol. 1984 Apr;10(4):651-65. doi: 10.1007/BF00994226.
Volatile constituents have been characterized from two species of ponerine ants in the genusMesoponera. 2,5-Dimethyl-3-isopentyl-pyrazine has been identified from cephalic extracts ofM. castanea andM. castaneicolor, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Combined gasters and thoraces of both species are also characterized by the presence of nonanal, nonanoic acid, isovaleric acid, phenylacetic acid, and undecanal, as well as a series of aliphatic amines and amides.N-Isoamylnonylamine was a major constituent that was accompanied byN-isoamylnonenylamine,N,N-diisoamylnonylamine,N-acetyl nonylamine,N-formyl isoamylnonylamine,N-isovaleroyl nonylamine, and several other secondary and tertiary amines. The possible significance of the amines and amides as idiosyncratic natural products ofMesoponera species is discussed.
已从猛蚁属的两个兵蚁种中鉴定出挥发性成分。通过气相色谱-质谱联用技术从M. castanea 和 M. castaneicolor 的头部分离出 2,5-二甲基-3-异戊基吡嗪。两种物种的合并的腹部和胸部还具有正壬醛、壬酸、异戊酸、苯乙酸和十一醛，以及一系列脂肪族胺和酰胺。N-异戊基壬胺是一种主要成分，伴随着 N-异戊基壬烯胺、N,N-二异戊基壬胺、N-乙酰壬胺、N-甲酰基异戊基壬胺、N-异戊酰基壬胺和其他几种仲胺和叔胺。讨论了这些胺和酰胺作为猛蚁属物种特有天然产物的可能意义。
