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WE have recently established1 that 10-hydroxy-Δ2-decenoic acid, which constitutes about 15 per cent of royal jelly, is not present in the free state in pollens of representative species, nectar or honey. We suggested that it might therefore be present in combined form or be a specific bee product. In order to investigate the latter possibility we have examined the four pairs of salivary glands of the honey bee (Apis mellifica) obtained by dissection under distilled water.
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BARKER, S., FOSTER, A., LAMB, D. et al. Biological Origin and Configuration of 10-Hydroxy-Δ2-decenoic Acid. Nature 184, 634 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184634a0
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