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Mammalian Exocrine Secretions XV. Constituents of Secretion of Ventral Gland of Male Dwarf Hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus

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In a study aimed at the chemical characterization of constituents of the ventral gland secretion of the male dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus, 48 compounds, including saturated alcohols, saturated and unsaturated ketones, saturated and unsaturated straight-chain carboxylic acids, iso- and anteisocarboxylic acids, 3-phenylpropanoic acid, hydroxyesters, 2-piperidone, and some steroids were identified in the secretion. The position of the double bonds in γ-icosadienyl-γ-butyrolactone and γ-henicosadienyl-γ-butyrolactone, and the position of methylbranching in seven C16–C21saturated ketones could not be established. Several constituents with typically steroidal mass spectra also remained unidentified. The female dwarf hamster's ventral gland either does not produce secretion or produced so little secretion that it was impossible to collect enough material for analysis.

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  1. Laboratory for Ecological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa

    B. V. Burger, D. Smit & H. S. C. Spies

  2. Zoological Institute, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D-53115, Bonn, Germany

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  3. Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia

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  4. Rothmans International, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa

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Burger, B.V., Smit, D., Spies, H.S.C. et al. Mammalian Exocrine Secretions XV. Constituents of Secretion of Ventral Gland of Male Dwarf Hamster, Phodopus sungorus sungorus. J Chem Ecol 27, 1259–1276 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010328331891

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