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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 9, Pages 978-982Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9847-6
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Benzaldehyde; Benzoylnitrile; Benzyl alcohol; Benzyl ethyl ketone; Benzyl methyl ketone; Brachydesmus; Diplopoda; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); Hydrogen cyanide; Polydesmus
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- Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia [143053, 142053]
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Nine compounds were detected in three different millipede species: Polydesmus complanatus (L.), Brachydesmus (Stylobrachydesmus) avalae A dagger uriA double dagger & Makarov, and Brachydesmus (Stylobrachydesmus) dadayi Verhoeff. Benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, benzoylnitrile, benzyl methyl ketone, benzoic acid, benzyl ethyl ketone, mandelonitrile, and mandelonitrile benzoate were identified by GC-FID and GC-MS analyses. Hydrogen cyanide was detected qualitatively by the picric acid test. Benzyl ethyl ketone, benzyl methyl ketone, and benzyl alcohol were detected for the first time in polydesmidan millipedes. Benzoylnitrile was the major component in all three hexane extracts. These compounds are suspected to be active in the defensive secretions of these millipede species.
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