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DOI: 10.1039/A800691A (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1998, 863-864

Biogenesis of sex pheromones in the female olive fruit-fly

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Natasha L. Hungerford, Achim Hübener, Mary T. Fletcher, James J. DeVoss, William Kitching, Basilis E. Mazomenos, Maria A. Konstantopoulou, Fragoulis D. Krokos, George E. Haniotakis and Christopher J. Moore

Abstract

A likely pathway to the sex pheromones of Bactrocera oleae (olive fruit-fly) is presented, based mainly on feeding experiments with deuterium labelled precursors.

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