| Literature DB >> 5673445 |
F Acree, R B Turner, H K Gouck, M Beroza, N Smith.
Abstract
L-Lactic acid was the major component in material isolated from humans that was active as an attractant for female yellow fever mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti (L.). The L(+)-isomer was several times as attractive as the D-isomer. Good correlation was found between the attractiveness of an individual to mosquitoes and the quantity of lactic acid present in an acetone washing of his hand.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID： 5673445 DOI： 10.1126/science.161.3848.1346
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728