isolation of compounds attractive to the leaf-cutting ant atta sexdens rubropilosa forel (hymenoptera: formicidae) from mabea fistulifera elaiosome

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Abstract
Mabea fistulifera (Euphorbiaceae)is a pioneer plant species with seeds dispersed by the ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa. Since the ants are attracted to the seeds to use its elaiosome as a source of energy, we investigated its composition. The elaiosomes from 13,000 seeds were extracted with a methanol:chloroform mixture (2:1 v/v) and yielded 22% of a residue. This residue was fractionated by column chromatography and its composition determined by infrared spectroscopy and chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The elaiosome lipids are constituted mainly by free fatty acids, triacylglycerols and minor quantities of monoacylglycerols or diacylglycerols.
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Authors ;Ethel Fernandes de O. Peternelli;Luiz C. A. Barbosa;Terezinha M. C. Della Lucia
Journal greece and rome
Year 2008
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10.1590/S0100-40422008000300002
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