Claim · model-written summary
O. sphegodes and O. speculum semiochemicals are probably formed by elongation and decarbonylation reactions.
- Taxon
- O. sphegodes and O. speculum
Ophrys speculum
Ophrys sphegodese2 - Outcome
- formed biosyntheticallye2
- Qualifier
- elongation and decarbonylation reactionse2
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Verbatim
t0“Ophrys insectifera”
e2“We propose that all these currently identified Ophrys semiochemicals can be formed biosynthetically from the same activated carboxylic acid precursors, after a sequence of elongation and decarbonylation reactions in O. sphegodes and O. speculum, while in O. insectifera, possibly by decarbonylation without preceding elongation”
Title
Björn Bohman; Alyssa M. Weinstein; Raimondas Mozuraitis; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020. doi:10.3390/ijms21020620
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation (Z)-8-Heptadecene and n-pentadecane were present in both O. insectifera and its pollinator A. fargeii female extracts.
- Observation (Z)-8-Heptadecene and n-pentadecane were electrophysiologically active to pollinators.
- Mechanism O. insectifera semiochemicals are probably formed by decarbonylation without preceding elongation.