title: Sex pheromones in marine polychaetes: steroids from ripe Nereis succinea.
abstract: A number of neutral marine steroids such as desmosterol, campesterol, brassicasterol, gorgosterol, and other trace steroids were isolated from the coelomic fluid of ripe Nereis succinea and checked for biological activity as sex pheromones on swarming specimens of Platynereis dumerilii and Nereis succinea. No significant influence of synthetic gorgosterol or a natural extract of gorgosterol or the other identified steroids on the swarming behavior was observed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zeeck
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hardege
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willig
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikekawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002775:Cholestadienols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D003897:Desmosterol / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D010840:Phytosterols; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000737:chemistry*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D013256:Steroids / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002775:Cholestadienols; D010840:Phytosterols; D012724:Sex Attractants; D013256:Steroids; C021689:gorgosterol; C003532:brassicasterol; D003897:Desmosterol; C021273:campesterol; D002784:Cholesterol