Abstract

Thin-layer chromatographic analysis of radioactively labelled insect pheromones. Metabolites of [ 3H]bombykol Highly labelled [ 3H]bombykol is extensively metabolized on the antennae of the silkmoth Bombyx mori into free fatty acids and fatty acid esters. The metabolites of the acid fraction consist of one long-chain unsaturated fatty acid of the type of 10- trans, 12- cis-hexadecadienoic acid ( ca. 90%) and of one short-chain unidentified fatty acid ( ca. 10%). The neutral fraction contains except unchanged [ 3H]bombykol at least six long-chain 3H-labelled fatty acid esters.

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