Issue 9, 1978

Chemical defence in the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax: ancistrodial and ancistrofuran

Abstract

Soldiers of the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax produce terpenoid defence secretions, but whereas the minor soldiers produce ancistrodial (1) exclusively, the major soldiers secrete ancistrofuran (6), together with (4) and (5).

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1978, 410-411

Chemical defence in the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax: ancistrodial and ancistrofuran

R. Baker, P. H. Briner and D. A. Evans, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1978, 410 DOI: 10.1039/C39780000410

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