Avian exocrine secretions. I : chemical characterization of the volatile action of the uropygial secretion of the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus

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dc.contributor.authorBurger, B. V.
dc.contributor.authorReiter, B.
dc.contributor.authorBorzyk, O.
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, M. A.
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-21T09:15:24Z
dc.date.available2013-11-21T09:15:24Z
dc.date.issued2004-08
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B%3AJOEC.0000042071.65335.f3
dc.description.abstractUsing gas chromatography–mass spectrometry in conjunction with auxiliary techniques such as solid phase microextraction and determination of double bond positions by means of dimethyl disulfide derivatization, 45 constituents of the uropygial secretion of the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus, have been identified. The majority of these constituents are long-chain branched and unbranched alkanes, and (Z)-alkenes such as (Z)-9-tricosene, and a number of unidentified wax esters. The more volatile fraction of the secretion contained short-chain fatty acids, aldehydes, aliphatic and heterocyclic aromatic amines, ketones, and dimethyl sulfides. This group of volatile compounds is responsible for the obnoxious odor of the secretion and also for its defensive action against predators.en_ZA
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dc.format.extent7 p.
dc.identifier.citationBurger, B. V., Reiter, B., Borzyk, O. & Du Plessis, M. A.. 2004. Avian exocrine secretions. I : chemical characterization of the volatile action of the uropygial secretion of the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30(8):1603-1611, doi:10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042071.65335.f3.
dc.identifier.issn1573-1561 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0098-0331 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042071.65335.f3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85533
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.rights.holderSpringer Verlag
dc.subjectPhoeniculus purpureusen_ZA
dc.subjectAvian semiochemicalsen_ZA
dc.subjectAnimal defensesen_ZA
dc.subjectUropygial secretionen_ZA
dc.subjectDefensive secretionen_ZA
dc.titleAvian exocrine secretions. I : chemical characterization of the volatile action of the uropygial secretion of the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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