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Volatile constituents of the defensive secretion of the stick insect,Megacrania tsudai Shiraki, in Taiwan have been analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In addition to the major component, actinidine, three more minor components of the secretion are identified as boschniakine and two stereoisomers of 1-acetyl-3-methylcyclopentane by comparing GC retention times with the authentic samples and synthetic compounds. Other components are also tentatively assigned as derivatives of actinidine.
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Ho, HY., Chow, Y.S. Chemical identification of defensive secretion of stick insect,Megacrania tsudai Shiraki. J Chem Ecol 19, 39–46 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987469
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