Identification of oxygen containing volatiles in cephalic secretions of workers of Brazilian stingless bees
The volatile constituents of cephalic secrections of 11 Brazilian social stingless bee species of the Tetragonisca - Tetragona line have been analysed. By gas chromatography/mass spectrometry 145 compounds could be identified which include 72 esters, 22 alcohols, 16 carboxylic acids, 13 terpenoids,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2000-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532000000600003 |