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      Isolation of compounds attractive to the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa forel (hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mabea fistulifera elaiosome

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          Mabea fistulifera (Euphorbiaceae)is a pioneer plant species with seeds dispersed by the ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa. Since the ants are attracted to the seeds to use its elaiosome as a source of energy, we investigated its composition. The elaiosomes from 13,000 seeds were extracted with a methanol:chloroform mixture (2:1 v/v) and yielded 22% of a residue. This residue was fractionated by column chromatography and its composition determined by infrared spectroscopy and chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The elaiosome lipids are constituted mainly by free fatty acids, triacylglycerols and minor quantities of monoacylglycerols or diacylglycerols.

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          Árvores Brasileiras, Manual de identificação e cultivo de plantas arbóreas nativas do Brasil

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                Journal
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                Química Nova
                Quím. Nova
                Sociedade Brasileira de Química (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0100-4042
                1678-7064
                2008
                : 31
                : 3
                : 475-478
                Affiliations
                [01] Viçosa MG orgnameUniversidade Federal de Viçosa orgdiv1Departamento de Biologia Animal Brasil
                [02] Viçosa MG orgnameUniversidade Federal de Viçosa orgdiv1Departamento de Química Brasil
                [03] Viçosa MG orgnameUniversidade Federal de Viçosa orgdiv1Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada à Agropecuária Brasil
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                S0100-40422008000300002 S0100-4042(08)03100302
                10.1590/S0100-40422008000300002
                81632b24-a9c4-4abc-a1a9-b01c16531cb5

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 06 September 2007
                : 01 September 2006
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 23, Pages: 4
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                fatty acids, elaiosome, Mabea fistulifera

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