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Science 1 May 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3618, pp. 540 - 541
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3618.540
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trans-2-Dodecenal and 2-Methyl-1, 4-Quinone Produced by a Millipede

J. W. Wheeler 1, J. Meinwald 1, J. J. Hurst 1, and T. Eisner 1

1 Department of Chemistry and Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

An aldehyde, trans-2-dodecenal, heretofore known only from plants, has been identified in the defensive secretion of the spiroboloid millipede Rhinocricus insulatus. A second component, 2-methyl-1,4-quinone, was previously known from the secretion of related millipedes.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Defensive Secretions of Arthropods.
T. Eisner and J. Meinwald (1966)
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