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. 1999 Nov;62(11):1570-2.
doi: 10.1021/np990191n.

African elephant sesquiterpenes

T E Goodwin  1 , E L Rasmussen, A C Guinn, S S McKelvey, R Gunawardena, S W Riddle, H S Riddle
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African elephant sesquiterpenes

T E Goodwin et al. J Nat Prod. 1999 Nov.

Abstract

GC-MS analysis of extracts from temporal gland secretions of an African elephant has revealed the presence of several farnesol-related sesquiterpenes. Among these are (E)-2, 3-dihydrofarnesol (3), a bumblebee pheromone not seen before in mammals, and a rare component of a Greek tobacco, drimane-8alpha, 11-diol (4), never observed before in an animal.

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