Methyl eugenol: Its occurrence, distribution, and role in nature, especially in relation to insect behavior and pollination
1Tan Hak Heng, 20, Jalan Tan Jit Seng, 11200 Penang, Malaysia
2Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
Abstract
This review discusses the occurrence and distribution (within a plant) of methyl eugenol in different plant species (> 450) from 80 families spanning many plant orders, as well as various roles this chemical plays in nature, especially in the interactions between tephritid fruit flies and plants.
Keywords: allomone, attractant, Bactrocera, chemical ecology, floral fragrance, insect pollinators, plant–insect interactions, plant semiochemicals, sex pheromone, synomone, tephritid fruit flies
Abbreviations: ME, methyl eugenol; RK, raspberry ketone
Correspondence:
a tan.kenghong@yahoo.com,
b ritz@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp, *Corresponding author
Editor: Todd Shelly was editor of this paper.
Received: 28 April 2011 | Accepted: 27 August 2011 | Published: 24 April 2012
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 12, Number 56
Tan KH, Nishida R. 2012. Methyl eugenol: Its occurrence, distribution, and role in nature, especially in relation to insect behavior and pollination. Journal of Insect Science 12:56 available online: insectscience.org/12.56
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