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. 1995 Mar;21(3):379-84.
doi: 10.1007/BF02036725.

On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genusHeliamphora (sarraceniaceae)

K Jaffé  1 , M S Blum, H M Fales, R T Mason, A Cabrera
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On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genusHeliamphora (sarraceniaceae)

K Jaffé et al. J Chem Ecol. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

Examination ofHeliamphora heterodoxa andH. tatei from the Guayana Highlands of Venezuela reveals that the enol diacetal monoterpene, sarracenin, is the major volatile compound present in the spoon-shaped structures of leaves of the pitchers. In addition, erucamide, phenol, cinerone, phenylacetaldehyde, and a series of methyl esters also occur in extracts of the spoon-shaped appendages of pitchers at the time during which they attract insects.

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