In living antennae of the male silkworm moth Antheraea polyphemus the pheromone compounds [6,7-3H]-6,11-hexadecadienyl acetate and [12,13-3H]-10,12-hexadecadienol are enzymatically converted to their corresponding fatty alcohols, aldehydes, acids and long-chained fatty acid esters. In antennae of freshly hatched moths the 3H-labeled pheromones are degraded at high rates to volatile polar metabolites. The half-life of the pheromone acetate is about 3 min. In dried antennae the pheromone acetate is merely hydrolyzed to the fatty alcohol.
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