publication
Journal Article
2010
Identification of the alkaloidal venoms of some Monomorium ants of Saudi Arabia
, Mashaly, A. M. A.; Ahmed, A. M.; Al-Khalifa, M. S.; Nunes, T. M. and Morgan, E. D. . 2010
The major volatile compounds in the poison glands of two Monomorium ant species from
Saudi Arabia have been identified. Monomorium niloticum and Monomorium najrane both
contain mixtures of alkyl- and alkenyl-pyrrolidines and -pyrrolines in their venom glands
but no Dufour gland volatile compounds were detected. Monomoriummayri showed neither
Dufour gland compounds nor venom components detectable by gas chromatography.
Publication Work Type
Lab Work
Volume Number
38
Magazine \ Newspaper
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Pages
875-879