Table 2. Gas chromatographic relative time (Rt) in minutes, quantities (ng) and percentage composition (in brackets) of the terpene components found in hexane extracts from male L. longipalpis collected from 3 locations in Brazil; Barra de Guaratiba (BG), Pancas and Teresina.
Pheromone type | Rt (min) | BG (n = 6) | Pancas (n = 13) | Teresina (n = 14) |
9MGB | 14.96 | 10.85a±2.65 (54.4%) | x | 8.76a±3.98 (88.1%) |
21.01 | 2.08±0.68 (10.4%) | x | x | |
22.28 | 2.20b±0.60 (11.0%) | x | 0.87b±0.22 (8.8%) | |
diterpenes (cembrene isomers) | 22.79 | x | x | x |
22.95 | 3.06c±0.85 (15.3%) | 2.36c±0.43 (89.4%) | x | |
23.08 | 1.77d±0.54 (8.9%) | 0.28d±0.16 (10.6%) | x | |
21.12 | x | x | 0.31±0.06 (3.1%) |
Peaks with superscript a are confirmed as (S)-9-methylgermacrene-B (9MGB) (mw 218 amu). Other peaks are characterized as diterpenes (cembrene isomers) (mw 272 amu) and those with the same superscript b, c, or d have mass spectra which match each other closely; x indicates that the compound was not found in the extracts; n is the number of individuals of each population examined.