| Literature DB >> 24234175 |
I A Southwell1, C D Maddox, M P Zalucki.
Abstract
The frass of the pyrgo beetle (Paropsisterna tigrina) feeding on commercial plantations of the terpinen-4-ol chemical variety of the Australian tea tree.Melaleuca alternifolia, was found to contain a volatile oil almost identical to the essential oil of the ingested leaf. When beetles were fed leaf containing substantial quantities of 1,8-cineole, the predominant frass metabolite as determined by MS, IR,(13)C and(1)H NMR, GC, and CoGC was (+)-2β-hydroxycineole. Both male and female adults and larvae metabolizedMelaleuca oils in similar ways.Entities:
Year: 1995 PMID: 24234175 DOI: 10.1007/BF02036741
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Ecol ISSN: 0098-0331 Impact factor: 2.626