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Sex Attractant of the Black Carpet Beetle

Robert M. Silverstein, J. Otto Rodin, Wendell E. Burkholder, John Gorman

Science · 1967 · 71 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The principal component of the sex attractant of the black carpet beetle Attagenus megatoma (Fabricius) is trans-3, cis-5-tetradecadienoic acid.

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Evidence of Sex Pheromones in Females of Several Species of Dermestidae1

Wendell E. Burkholder, Robert J. Dicke · Journal of Economic Entomology · 1966 · 50 citations

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Mycomycin. IV. Stereoisomeric 3,5-Diene Fatty Acid Esters<sup>1</sup>

Walter D. Celmer, I. A. Solomons · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1953 · 42 citations

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