Table 1.
List of compounds used as stimuli in the experiments and their chemical properties.
Compound | Chemical class | Formula | Molecular weight (Da) | Boiling point (°C at 760 mmHg) | Density (g/cm3) | CAS number | Source of standard | Purity (%) | Experiments | ||
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Solvent | |||||||||||
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Paraffin oil | Hexane | Paraffin oil (dose response) | |||||||||
1-octen-3-ola | aliphatic monounsaturated alcohol | C8H16O | 128.21 | 174 | 0.837 | 3391-86-4 | Acros | 98 | x | x | x |
1-octanola,b,c | aliphatic alcohol | C8H18O | 130.23 | 195 | 0.824 | 111-87-5 | Acros | 98 | x | x | x |
methyl salicylatea,b,d | benzenoid | C8H8O3 | 152.15 | 220 | 1.174 | 119-36-8 | Sigma-Aldrich | 99 | x | x | - |
(E,Z)2,4-ethyl-decadienoatea,d | diunsaturated ester | C10H20O2 | 196.29 | 246 | 0.903 | 3025-30-7 | Fluka | 97 | x | x | - |
α-humulenea,c,d | sesquiterpene hydrocarbon | C15H24 | 204.36 | 107 | 0.886 | 6753-98-6 | Sigma-Aldrich | 98 | x | x | - |
attractant;
pheromone;
allomone;
kairomone