Soldier defense secretions of the Malaysian termite,Hospitalioermes umbrinus (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae)

Chuah CH 1 , Goh SH , Prestwich GD , Tho YP

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Chem Ecol, 1983 Mar;9(3):347-56.
PMID: 24407404 DOI: 10.1007/BF00988454

Abstract

Trinervita-1(15),8(19)-dien-2β,3α-diol and the new trinervita-1(15),8(19)-dien-2β, 3α-diol 2-O-acetate constitute the major diterpene constituents of the soldier defense secretions of the NasutitermiteHospitalitermes umbrinus of Malaysian region. Studies on the intraspecific variations on sympatric and allopatric populations indicate two distinct patterns of chemical composition.

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