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Formation of enantiomeric sesquiterpenes in the secretions of scale insects

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The volatile oil present in the secretion of a scale insect,Ceroplastes ceriferus Anderson (fam. Coccidae), has been found to consist of a number of sesquiterpenes which are enantiomeric with respect to those fromC. rubens Maskell, which infests the same host tree. The present investigation strongly suggests that each insect possesses a specific set of C-C cyclases for the sesquiterpenoids.

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  1. The Institute of Food Chemistry, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, 618, Osaka, Japan

    Y. Naya, F. Miyamoto & T. Takemoto

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  1. Y. Naya
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Acknowledgments. The authors would like to express their thanks to Dr Y. Asakawa (Tokushima Bunri Univ.) for providingC. ceriferus and to Prof. S. Takagi (Hokkaido Univ.) for the identification of it.

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Naya, Y., Miyamoto, F. & Takemoto, T. Formation of enantiomeric sesquiterpenes in the secretions of scale insects. Experientia 34, 984–986 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915301

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