Mass spectrometry in pheromone research
Date
2005
Authors
Burger, B. V.
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The application of mass spectral techniques in the
identifica tion of compounds invo lved in chemical
communication between living organisms will be
discussed in this a rticle. These biologically highly
active chemical compounds are lumped together
under the term " se miochemicals" from the Greek
Sl!mion , a sign. Depending on the relationship
between the producer and receiver of a chemical
message, various other terms, such as pheromones,
allomones, and kairomones, are also used to define
these compounds or mixtures of compounds. An
allomone, for example, could thus be a single
compound or a mixture of compounds that together
elicit a specific reaction in the target organism.
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Keywords
Semiochemicals, Pheromones, Mass spectrometry
Citation
Burger, B. V. 2004. Mass spectrometry in pheromone research, in Nibbering, N. (ed). The encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, 1st Edition : Fundamentals of and applications to organic (and organometallic) compounds, vol.4, chp. 8.