Characterization of a composite with enhanced attraction to savannah tsetse flies from constituents or analogues of tsetse refractory waterbuck (Kobus defassa) body odor

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e0009474
• Main Authors: Wachira, Benson M, Kabaka, Joy M, Mireji, Paul O, Okoth, Sylvance O, Nganga, Margaret M, Changasi, Robert, Obore, Patrick, Ochieng', Bernard, Murilla, Grace A, Hassanali, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acetone; Acids; Animals; Aroma compounds; Attraction; Baits; Bioassays; Biological assays; Biology and Life Sciences; Blending effects; Body odors; Carbon isotopes; Carboxylic acids; Carvacrol; Cattle; Chemotactic Factors - chemistry; Chemotactic Factors - metabolism; Chemotaxis; Chromatography; Constituents; Control; Cresol; Cresols; Deployment; Disease transmission; Fermentation; Fermented food; Field tests; Flies; Flight; Game preserves; Guaiacol; Homology; Insect Control; Insect Repellents - chemistry; Insect Repellents - metabolism; Kenya; Kobus ellipsiprymnus; Laboratories; Lactones; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mixtures; Muscidae; NMR; Nonalactone; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Odor compounds; Odorants - analysis; Odors; Odour; Pest control; Phenols; Physical Sciences; Prevention; Repellency; Repellents; Ruminants - metabolism; Savannahs; Seabirds; Social Sciences; Solvents; Structure-activity relationships (Biochemistry); Synergistic effect; Tactics; Testing; Tropical diseases; Tsetse Flies - physiology; Tsetse-flies; Urine; Variance analysis; Volatile compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds - metabolism; Wind tunnels; Kenya

Savannah tsetse flies avoid flying toward tsetse fly-refractory waterbuck (Kobus defassa) mediated by a repellent blend of volatile compounds in their body odor comprised of δ-octalactone, geranyl acetone, phenols (guaiacol and carvacrol), and homologues of carboxylic acids (C5-C10) and 2-alkanones...