CHEM 183 Lecture Notes - Propranolol, Cgmp-Specific Phosphodiesterase Type 5, Androstenol

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 183
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

Document Summary

Pheromone: a substance that is produced by an organism and elicits a specific unlearned response in another member of the sam e species. Most ideas of how chemicals might be associated with chemicals, we get from insects. Insects have special means to attract the other sex. Cannot be used to control insects per se, too many. Traps are deployed around orchard to determine how many insects to capture. Actually used to minimize the use of pesticide. What is done is pheromone can be applied to traps and insect will be attracted to it. Emits periplanone b - most powerful of all phermones. Americans used periplanone b during cold war to track secret agents. Cia applied periplanone b to spies they were following. Knew when male cockroach got excited, the person they were pursuing was close by. Male of white-winged rapeseed butterfly emit methyl salicylate (anti-pheromone) Ophrys exaltata - orchid shape similar to insect.