title: GCxGC/TOF MS technique-A new tool in identification of insect pheromones: Analysis of the persimmon bark borer sex pheromone gland.
abstract: Conventional gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and two-dimensional (GCxGC) gas chromatography using a time-of-flight mass spectrometric detector (TOFMS), were combined to analyse the female sex pheromone gland extract of the persimmon bark borer, Euzophera batangensis. GC-EAD analysis produced two EAD responses in GC areas where no compounds were detected by FID detection. GCxGC/TOFMS analysis of this area indicated the presence of several chemicals, including (Z9,E12)-tetradeca-9,12-dien-1-ol and (Z9)-tetradec-9-en-1-ol, pheromone components of closely related Euzophera species. Spectral characteristics, retention behaviour and the ability to elicit GC-EAD responses imply that both identified unsaturated alcohols are candidates for E. batangensis sex pheromone components. GCxGC/TOFMS facilitated the analysis of complex matrices on a subnanogram level and was shown to have great potential as a powerful tool in the analysis of insect pheromones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Blanka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kalinová
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiros
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zd'árek
authors.forename: Xiujun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoskovec