| 释义 |
bombykol Entom.|ˈbɒmbɪkɒl|
Also (rare) -col.
[a. G. Bombykol (loc. cit., quot. 1961), f. L. bombyx, bombȳc- + -ol.]
A sex pheromone of the female of the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori.
1961A. Butenandt et al. in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. CCCXXIV. 83 The isolation and purification of bombykol, the sex-attractant of the female silk worm moth..is described. 1974Nature 4 Jan. 3/3 The antennae of the male silkworm rapidly degrade the sex pheromone bombycol following stimulation. 1974L. Thomas Lives of Cell (1975) 18 ‘At home, 4 p.m. today,’ says the female moth, and releases a brief explosion of bombykol. 1978Nature 12 Jan. 157/1 Since the isolation of the first insect sex pheromone, bombykol,..and its full identification by synthesis as (10E,12Z)-10,12-hexadecadienol, the number of characterised pheromones has increased dramatically. |