Mammalian exocrine secretions XV. Constituents of secretion of ventral gland of male dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus
Date
2001-06
Authors
Burger, B. V.
Smit, D.
Spies, H. S. C.
Schmidt, C.
Schmidt, U.
Telitsina, A. Y.
Grierson, G. R.
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Publisher
Springer Verlag
Abstract
In a study aimed at the chemical characterization of constituents of the ventral gland secretion of the male dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus, 48 compounds, including saturated alcohols, saturated and unsaturated ketones, saturated and unsaturated straight-chain carboxylic acids, iso- and anteisocarboxylic acids, 3-phenylpropanoic acid, hydroxyesters, 2-piperidone, and some steroids were identified in the secretion. The position of the double bonds in γ-icosadienyl-γ-butyrolactone and γ-henicosadienyl-γ-butyrolactone, and the position of methylbranching in seven C16-C21 saturated ketones could not be established. Several constituents with typically steroidal mass spectra also remained unidentified. The female dwarf hamster's ventral gland either does not produce secretion or produced so little secretion that it was impossible to collect enough material for analysis.
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The original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1010328331891
Keywords
Exocrine glands -- Secretion, Mammalian semiochemicals, Hamsters -- Physiology, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Mammals -- Pheromones
Citation
Burger, B. V. et al. 2001.Mammalian exocrine secretions XV. Constituents of secretion of ventral gland of male dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27(6):1259-1276, doi:10.1023/A:1010328331891.