L-Lactic Acid: A Mosquito Attractant Isolated from Humans
- 27 September 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 161 (3848), 1346-1347
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3848.1346
Abstract
L-Lactic acid was the major component in material isolated from humans that was active as an attractant for female yellow fever mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti (L.). The L(+)-isomer was several times as attractive as the D-isomer. Good correlation was found between the attractiveness of an individual to mosquitoes and the quantity of lactic acid present in an acetone washing of his hand.Keywords
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