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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Main Authors: Francke Wittko, Lübke Gunther, Schröder Wolfgang, Reckziegel Aurélia, Imperatriz-Fonseca Vera, Kleinert Astrid, Engels Elisabeth, Hartfelder Klaus, Radtke Rainer, Engels Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2000-01-01
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