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. 2023 Feb 10;49(1-2):1–10. doi: 10.1007/s10886-023-01407-4

Table 1.

Chemical compounds found in the head contents

Peak # Compound Ret. Index Relative abundance [%]
1 Acetic acid 702 0.94
2 4-Methyl-3-hexanone 845 0.72
3 4-Methyl-3-heptanone 940 80.08
4 4-Methyl-3-heptanol 973 16.28
5 Undecane 1105 0.68
6 Nonanal 1111 0.87
7 Decanal 1213 0.43

Chemical compounds in bold were tested as alarm pheromones. Five heads were pooled per sample run in the GC–MS coupled to a thermodesorption unit as shown in Fig. 2