title: Decahydroquinolines from the venom of a formicinae ant, Oecophylla smaragdina.
abstract: Ecologically significant species in controlling pests, Oecophylla smaragdina uses its venom to paralyze their prey and to communicate with their colony mates. But no significant analysis of the ant's venom gland secretions has been carried out hitherto. This study describes the identification of venom constituents of Oecophylla smaragdina using coupled gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis. The results indicate the anticipated presence of a neurotoxin i.e., 2, 5 dipropyl decahydroquinoline and phenol, 2, 4-bis (1, 1 dimethylethyl). This is the first report on presence of decahydroquinolines in the venom of formicinae ant species of genera Oecophylla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India. Electronic address: priyadas001@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Centre for Venom Informatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dileepkumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anaswara Krishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Achuthsankar S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Centre for Systems & Synthetic Biology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India; Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, 201314, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Pawan K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India; Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Oommen V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Oommen
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000862:Ant Venoms / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000862:Ant Venoms; D009498:Neurotoxins; D010636:Phenols; D011804:Quinolines; C074597:2,5-dipropyldecahydroquinoline; C037920:decahydroquinoline-5-carboxylic acid
keywords: 2, 5 dipropyl decahydroquinoline; Biopest control agent; Formicinae; Oecophylla smaragdina; Venom