title: Chemical identification of defensive secretion of stick insect,Megacrania tsudai Shiraki.
abstract: Volatile constituents of the defensive secretion of the stick insect,Megacrania tsudai Shiraki, in Taiwan have been analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In addition to the major component, actinidine, three more minor components of the secretion are identified as boschniakine and two stereoisomers of 1-acetyl-3-methylcyclopentane by comparing GC retention times with the authentic samples and synthetic compounds. Other components are also tentatively assigned as derivatives of actinidine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, 11529, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chow