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. 2012 Mar 27;12(4):4091–4104. doi: 10.3390/s120404091

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

Solvent

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 -
a

attractant;

b

pheromone;

c

allomone;

d

kairomone