Identification of the alkaloidal venoms of some Monomorium ants of Saudi Arabia

Journal Article

, Mashaly, A. M. A.; Ahmed, A. M.; Al-Khalifa, M. S.; Nunes, T. M. and Morgan, E. D. . 2010

• Publication Work Type: Lab Work
• Magazine \ Newspaper: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
• Volume Number: 38
• Pages: 875-879

Publication Abstract

The major volatile compounds in the poison glands of two Monomorium ant species from
Saudi Arabia have been identified. Monomorium niloticum and Monomorium najrane both
contain mixtures of alkyl- and alkenyl-pyrrolidines and -pyrrolines in their venom glands
but no Dufour gland volatile compounds were detected. Monomoriummayri showed neither
Dufour gland compounds nor venom components detectable by gas chromatography.