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Das P, Dileepkumar R, Anaswara Krishnan S, Nair AS, Dhar PK, Oommen OV. Decahydroquinolines from the venom of a formicinae ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. Toxicon 2014; 92:50-3. [PMID: 25286394 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Ecologically significant species in controlling pests, Oecophylla smaragdina uses its venom to paralyze their prey and to communicate with their colony mates. But no significant analysis of the ant's venom gland secretions has been carried out hitherto. This study describes the identification of venom constituents of Oecophylla smaragdina using coupled gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis. The results indicate the anticipated presence of a neurotoxin i.e., 2, 5 dipropyl decahydroquinoline and phenol, 2, 4-bis (1, 1 dimethylethyl). This is the first report on presence of decahydroquinolines in the venom of formicinae ant species of genera Oecophylla.
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Affiliation(s)
- Priya Das
- Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India.
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- Centre for Venom Informatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India
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- Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India
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- Centre for Systems & Synthetic Biology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India; Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, 201314, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India; Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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