Fatty Acid Origin of Insect Pheromones
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2024-06-15
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Pheromones are utilized to a great extent in insects. Many of these pheromones are biosynthesized through a pathway involving fatty acids. This chapter will provide examples where the biosynthetic pathways of fatty acid derived pheromones have been studied in detail. These include pheromones from Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera. Many species of Lepidoptera utilize fatty acids as precursors to pheromones with a functional group that include aldehydes, alcohols, and acetate
esters. A few In addition, the biosynthesis of hydrocarbons will be briefly examined because many insects utilize hydrocarbons or modified hydrocarbons as pheromones.
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This is a manuscript of a chapter published as Jurenka, R. (2024). Fatty Acid Origin of Insect Pheromones. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2024_813. © 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Posted with permission.