Jurenka Russell
Iowa State University, Iowa, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024 Jun 15. doi: 10.1007/5584_2024_813.
Pheromones are utilized to a great extent in insects. Many of these pheromones are biosynthesized through a pathway involving fatty acids. This chapter will provide examples where the biosynthetic pathways of fatty acid-derived pheromones have been studied in detail. These include pheromones from Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera. Many species of Lepidoptera utilize fatty acids as precursors to pheromones with a functional group that include aldehydes, alcohols, and acetate esters. In addition, the biosynthesis of hydrocarbons will be briefly examined because many insects utilize hydrocarbons or modified hydrocarbons as pheromones.
信息素在昆虫中被大量利用。这些信息素中的许多是通过涉及脂肪酸的途径生物合成的。本章将提供脂肪酸衍生信息素生物合成途径已被详细研究的实例。这些实例包括来自鳞翅目、鞘翅目和膜翅目的信息素。许多鳞翅目物种利用脂肪酸作为具有醛、醇和乙酸酯等官能团的信息素的前体。此外，还将简要研究烃类的生物合成，因为许多昆虫利用烃类或修饰的烃类作为信息素。
