18: Chemistry of Some Insect Secretions (1970)

Authors

  • George William Kenneth Cavill School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales

Abstract

Liversidge Research Lecture delivered before the Royal Society of New South Wales, 22nd October, 1970. Reproduced by permission of the Royal Society of New South Wales from J. Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., 1970, 103, 109-118.

"A number of the secretions used by insects and other arthropods for defensive purposes, as venoms, and as chemical messengers in their patterns of social organization have been characterized."

"In the present lecture emphasis is placed on aspects of the chemistry of insect secretions that have interested us since 1952."

Author Biography

  • George William Kenneth Cavill, School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales


    George William Kenneth (Ken) Cavill was born and studied in Sydney, but awarded an ICI Fellowship, he received his PhD from the University of Liverpool in England. He became an Associate Professor at the University of NSW after it had transitioned from the NSW University of Technology in 1959, and was Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry and Head of the School of Chemistry at various times. He retired in 1982 Emeritus Professor. Most of Ken Cavill’s work over his career focused on insect chemistry.

     

    For additional biographical information, photographic permissions, references and a list of honours, awards and publications, please see pages 2–4 of the transcript.

References

The following are references as well as footnotes to the transcript.

(1a) Roth, L.M., and Eisner, T., 1962. Ann. Rev. Entomol., 7, 107.

(1b) Weatherston, J., 1967. Quart. Rev., 21, 287.

(2) Beard, R.L., 1963. Ann. Rev. Entomol., 8, 1.

(3a) Karlson, P., and Butenandt, A., 1959. Ann. Rev. Entomol., 4, 39.

(3b) Wilson, E.O., and Bossert, W.H., 1963. Recent Progr. Hormone Res., 19, 673.

(3c) Butler, C.G., 1967. Biol. Rev., 42, 42.

(4) Cavill, G.W.K., and Robertson, P.L., 1965, Science, 149, 1337.

(5) Karlson, P., 1967. Pure and Appl. Chem., 14, 75, and references therein.

(6) Fisher, S., reported by Wray, J., 1670. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 2063.

(7) Berzelius, J.J., 1817. Ann. Chim. Phys., 4, 109.

(8) Liebig, J., 1836. Justus Liebig's Ann. Chem., 17, 69.

(9) For example, see Melander, A.L., and Brues, C T., 1906. Bull. Wisconsin Natur. Hist. Soc., 4, 22.

(10) For a review, see reference 1(b).

(11) Pavan, M., 1949. La Ricerca Scientifica, 9, 1011.

(12) Pavan, M., 1952. Internl. Congr. Entomol. Proc. 9th Amsterdam, 1, 321.

(13) Cavill, G.W.K., and Ford, D.L., 1953. Chem. Ind. London, 351.

(14) Cavill, G.W.K., Ford, D.L., and Locksley, H.D., 1956. Aust. J. Chem., 9, 288.

(15) Cf. Regnier, F.E., and Law, J.H., 1968. J. Lipid Res., 9, 541.

(16) Kerr, R.W. Personal communication.

(17) For a review, see Cavill, G.W.K., 1969. Cyclopentanoid Terpene Derivatives (Ed. W.I. Taylor and A.R. Battersby). Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, p. 203.

(18) Cavill, G.W.K., and Clark, D.V., 1967. J. Insect Physiol., 13, 131.

(19) Bates, R.B., Eisenbraun, E.J., and McElvain, S.M., 1958. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80, 3420, and references therein.

(20) Fusco, R., Trave, R., and Vercellone, A., 1955. Chim. e Industr., 37, 251.

(21) Clark, K.J., Fray, G.I., Jaeger, R.H., and Robinson, R., 1959. Tetrahedron, 6, 217.

(22) Cavill, G.W.K., and Ford, D.L., 1960. Aust. J. Chem., 13, 296.

(23) Achmad, S.A., and Cavill, G.W.K., 1965. Aust. J. Chem., 18, 1989.

(24) Pavan, M., 1959. Proc. 4th Internl. Congr. Biochem. Vienna, (1958), 12, 15.

(25) Robertson, P.L. Personal communication.

(26) For a review, see Walsh, J.H., 1964. Ann. Rev. Pharmacol., 4, 273.

(27) Cavill, G.W.K., Robertson, P.L., and Whitfield, F.B., 1964. Science, 146, 79.

(28) Ewan, L.M., 1967. Ph.D. thesis, University of New South Wales.

(29) Thomas, D.W., and Lewis, J.C., 1965. Aust. J. Exp. Biol. Med. Sci., 43, 275.

(30) De La Lande, I.S., Thomas, D.W., and Tyler, M. J., 1965. Proc. 2nd Internl. Pharmacol. Meeting, Prague, (1963), 9, 71.

(31) Lewis, J.C., and De La Lande, I.S., 1967. Toxicon, 4, 225.

(32) Ewan, L.M., and Ilse, D., 1970. J. Insect Physiol., 16, 1531.

(33) Habermann, E., 1965. Proc. 2nd Internl. Pharmacol. Meeting, Prague, (1963), 9, 53.

(34) Woods, A. Unpublished work.

(35) Robertson, P.L., 1971. J. Insect Physiol., 17, 691.

(36) Cavill, G.W.K., and Williams, P. J., 1967. J. Insect Physiol., 13, 1097.

(37) Cavill, G.W.K., Clark, D.V., Howden, M.E.H., and Wyllie, S.G., 1970. J. Insect Physiol., 16, 1721.

(38) Cavill, G.W.K., Williams, P.J., and Whitfield, F.B., 1967. Tetrahedron Letters, 2201.

(39) Brophy, J. J., Unpublished work.

(40) Wigglesworth V.B., 1934. Quart. J. Micr. Sci., 77, 197.

(41) Wigglesworth, V.B., 1954. The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, and references therein.

(42) Roller, H., Dahm K.H., Sweeley, C.C., and Trost, B.M., 1967. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn., 6, 179.

(43) For a review, see Berkoff, C E., 1969. Quart. Rev., 23, 372.

(44) For a review, see Trost B.M., 1970. Acc. Chem. Res., 3, 120.

(45) Cavill, G.W.K., Laing, D.G., and Williams, P.J., 1969. Aust. J. Chem., 22, 2145.

(46) Bowers, W.S., Thompson, M.J., and Uebel, E.C., 1965. Life Sci., 4, 2323.

(47) Cavill, G.W.K., and Williams P. J., 1969. Aust. J. Chem., 22, 1737.

(48) Anet, F.A.L., 1962. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 84, 747.

George William Kenneth (Ken) Cavill portrait.

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