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D R Papaj1, P Feeny, K Sachdev-Gupta
1Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Corson Hall, 14853, Ithaca, New York.
Journal of Chemical Ecology
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Oviposition by females of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly,Battus philenor, was stimulated by contact with alcoholic extracts of host foliage.D-(+)-Pinitol was isolated and identified from leaf material of one host species,Aristolochia macrophylla (Aristolochiaceae). In combination with chloroform-soluble components of host leaf material, this compound was comparable to the parent extract in stimulating oviposition.
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