muscalure
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'(Z)-9-Tricosene, known as muscalure', is an insect pheromone found in dipteran flies such as the housefly. Females produce it to attract males to mate. It is used as a pesticide, as in Maxforce Quickbayt by Bayer, luring males to traps to prevent them from reproducing.
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- Subclass of
- hydrocarbon
- Mass
- 322.36
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- chemical formula
- C₂₃H₄₆
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC
- isomeric SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C\CCCCCCCC
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'(Z)-9-Tricosene, known as muscalure', is an insect pheromone found in dipteran flies such as the housefly. Females produce it to attract males to mate. It is used as a pesticide, as in Maxforce Quickbayt by Bayer, luring males to traps to prevent them from reproducing.
==Biological functions== (Z)-9-Tricosene is a sex pheromone produced by female house flies (Musca domestica) to attract males. In bees, it is one of the communication pheromones released during the waggle dance.
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