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Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes
A pentane extract of flowers of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca (Asclepiadaceae), elicited significant orientation from both male and female Culex pipiens in a dual-port flight olfactometer. Analysis of the extract by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry revealed six major constituents in order o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22711028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0150-6 |
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author | Otienoburu, Philip E. Ebrahimi, Babak Phelan, P. Larry Foster, Woodbridge A. |
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description | A pentane extract of flowers of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca (Asclepiadaceae), elicited significant orientation from both male and female Culex pipiens in a dual-port flight olfactometer. Analysis of the extract by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry revealed six major constituents in order of relative abundance: benzaldehyde, (E)-β-ocimene, phenylacetaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, nonanal, and (E)-2-nonenal. Although not all were collected from the headspace profile of live flowers, a synthetic blend of these six compounds, when presented to mosquitoes in the same levels and proportions that occur in the extract, elicited a response comparable to the extract. Subtractive behavioral bioassays demonstrated that a three-component blend consisting of benzaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde, and (E)-2-nonenal was as attractive as the full blend. These findings suggest the potential use of synthetic floral-odor blends for monitoring or control of both male and female disease-vectoring mosquitoes. |
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spelling | pubmed-34026592012-07-26 Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes Otienoburu, Philip E. Ebrahimi, Babak Phelan, P. Larry Foster, Woodbridge A. J Chem Ecol Article A pentane extract of flowers of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca (Asclepiadaceae), elicited significant orientation from both male and female Culex pipiens in a dual-port flight olfactometer. Analysis of the extract by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry revealed six major constituents in order of relative abundance: benzaldehyde, (E)-β-ocimene, phenylacetaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, nonanal, and (E)-2-nonenal. Although not all were collected from the headspace profile of live flowers, a synthetic blend of these six compounds, when presented to mosquitoes in the same levels and proportions that occur in the extract, elicited a response comparable to the extract. Subtractive behavioral bioassays demonstrated that a three-component blend consisting of benzaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde, and (E)-2-nonenal was as attractive as the full blend. These findings suggest the potential use of synthetic floral-odor blends for monitoring or control of both male and female disease-vectoring mosquitoes. Springer-Verlag 2012-06-19 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3402659/ /pubmed/22711028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0150-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Otienoburu, Philip E. Ebrahimi, Babak Phelan, P. Larry Foster, Woodbridge A. Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title | Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title_full | Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title_fullStr | Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title_short | Analysis and Optimization of a Synthetic Milkweed Floral Attractant for Mosquitoes |
title_sort | analysis and optimization of a synthetic milkweed floral attractant for mosquitoes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22711028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0150-6 |
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