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Tipo: | Artigo |
Título: | Isolation of compounds attractive to the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa forel (hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mabea fistulifera elaiosome |
Autor(es): | Peternelli, Ethel Fernandes de O. Barbosa, Luiz C. A. Lucia, Terezinha M. C. Della |
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. |
Palavras-chave: | Elaiosome Fatty acids Mabea fistulifera |
Editor: | Química Nova |
Tipo de Acesso: | Open Access |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422008000300002 http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/24978 |
Data do documento: | 2008 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigos |
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