title: The biosynthesis of hexahydrofarnesylacetone in the butterfly Pieris brassicae.
abstract: Hexahydrofarnesylacetone (6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one, 1) is a widespread ketone occurring in plants and insects. Several species use this compound or the respective alcohol as part of their pheromone bouquet. Here, we showed by using deuterium labeled phytol (3) and GC-MS experiments that the Large Cabbage White butterfly Pieris brassicae can take up phytol in the larval stage and transforms it into 1 by oxidative degradation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany. stefan.schulz@tu-bs.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yildizhan
authors.forename: Joop J A
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Loon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007814:Larva / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010675:Pheromones / Q000378:metabolism; D010836:Phytol / Q000737:chemistry*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D013729:Terpenes; D010836:Phytol; C014584:hexahydrofarnesylacetone; D003903:Deuterium