Cis-and trans-octa-1,5-dien-3-ol, new attractants to the cheese mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina, Acaridae) idintified in Trichothecium roseum (Fungi Imperfecti).
The volatile materials emitted by Trichothecium roseum (Fungi Imperfecti) at a very low concentration are strong attractants for Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781) (Acarina, Acardae). The identification of cis- and trans-octa-1,5-dien-3-ol, the main attractant constituents of these volatile materials, was performed by spectroscopic methods (GC/MS and NMR) on a microsample (less than 100 micrograms) isolated by a new pre-concentration method. Although this unsaturated alcohol has only been found in Trichothecium roseum and in a Rhodophyta, it may be present in other microfungi and in fungi and may be implicated in the ecological process.
D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008925:Mites / Q000187:drug effects*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*
D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D010675:Pheromones; C022093:octa-1,5-dien-3-ol