Accumulation of phenylpropanoids in the rectal glands of males of the Oriental fruit fly,Dacus dorsalis

• Main Authors: Nishida, R., Tan, K. H., Serit, M., Lajis, N. H., Sukari, A. M., Takahashi, S., Fukami, H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 1988
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112172/3/112172.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112172/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01958941?error=cookies_not_supported&code=a22a2d83-0ea8-41c9-b31f-8d1a710836fe

Two phenylpropanoid compounds, 2-allyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenol(II) and coniferyl alcohol(III), were characterized from body tissue of wild males of the Oriental fruit fly,Dacus dorsalis. These compounds accumulated in the rectal glands only when laboratory-reared males were fed with methyl eugenol. Comp...