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Actinidine from the defensive secretions of dolichoderine ants

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The alkaloid actinidine has been identified as an anal gland product of two species of dolichoderine ants in the genusConomyrma. The biosynthetic implications of this finding are discussed.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 20059, Washington, D.C.

    J. W. Wheeler, T. Olagbemiro & A. Nash

  2. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia

    M. S. Blum

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Wheeler, J.W., Olagbemiro, T., Nash, A. et al. Actinidine from the defensive secretions of dolichoderine ants. J Chem Ecol 3, 241–244 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988439

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