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2009

158.   Quantification and evidence for mechanically metered release of pygidial secretions in formic acid producing carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).
   Kipling W. Will, Aman S. Gill, Hyeunjoo Lee and Athula B. Attygalle
   Journal of Insect Science (accepted)

157.   Hydroxycarbonyl anion (m/z 45), a diagnostic marker for α-hydroxy carboxylic acids
   Jason B. Bialecki, Frank U. Axe, and Athula B. Attygalle J. Mass Spectrom. 44 (2009) 252-259.

2008

156.   Biosynthetic Studies of Platencin
   Kithsiri Herath, Athula B. Attygalle, Sheo B. Singh. Tetrahedron Letters 49 (2008) 5755–5758

155.   Ortho Effect in Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry of N-Acylanilines Bearing a Proximal Halo Substituent
   Freneil B. Jariwala, Margaret Figus, and Athula B. Attygalle. J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 19 (2008) 1114-1118.

154.   Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from diesters of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids made with hydroxybenzoic acids
   Upul Nishshanka and Athula B. Attygalle. J. Mass Spectrom. 43 (2008) 1502-1511.

153.   Loss of benzene to generate an enolate anion by a site-specific double-hydrogen transfer during CID fragmentation of O-alkyl ethers of ortho-hydroxybenzoic acids
   Athula B. Attygalle, Jason B. Bialecki, Upul Nishshanka, Carl S. Weisbecker, and Josef Ruzicka
   J. Mass Spectrom. 43 (2008) 1224-1234.

2007

152.   Biosynthetic Studies of Platensimycin
   Kithsiri B. Herath,, Athula B. Attygalle, Sheo B. Singh Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 15422-15423.

151.   Synthesis of Positively Charged Silver Nanoparticles via Oxidative Photoreduction of AgNO3 and Branched Polyethyleneimine in HEPES Solutions.
   Siliu Tan, Melek Erol, Athula Attygalle, Henry Du , and Svetlana Sukhishvili
   Langmuir 23 (2007) 9836-9843.

150.   Characterization of (E,E)-farnesol and its fatty acid esters from anal scent glands of nutria (Myocastor nutria) by GC-MS and GC-IR
   Hyeunjoo Lee, Steven Finckbeiner, Jose S. Yu, David F. Wiemer, Thomas Eisner, Athula B. Attygalle. J. Chromatogr. A 1165 (2007) 136-143 (doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2007.06.041)

149.   Synthesis of [2,3,4,5,6-2H5]phenyl glucosinolate
   Jason B. Bialecki, Josef Ruzicka, and Athula B. Attygalle
   Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 50 (2007) 711–715.

148.   Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from ortho-, meta-, and para-hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes, ketones, and related compounds
   Athula B. Attygalle, Josef Ruzicka, Deepu Varughese, Jason Bialecki and Sayed Jafri.
   J. Mass Spectrom. 42 (2007) 1207–1217.

147.   Identification of three novel peptides isolated from the venom of the neotropical social wasp Polistes major major. Václav Čeřovský, Jan Pohl, Zhihua Yang, Naseer Alam, and Athula B. Attygalle.
   J. Peptide Sci. 13 (2007) 445 - 450

146.   Hydroquinones from defensive secretion of a giant Pacific millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida)
   Xiaogang Wu , Donald W. Buden and Athula B. Attygalle
   Chemoecology 17 (2007) 131-138. (DOI 10.1007/s00049-007-0372-1)

145.   Biosynthesis of tiglic, ethacrylic and 2-methylbutyric acids in a carabid beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus (Carabidae)
   Athula B. Attygalle, Xiaogang Wu and Kipling W. Will
   J. Chem. Ecol     33 (2007) 1573-1561 (DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9276-3)

144.   Surface modification of protein nanocontainers and their self-directing character in polymer blends.
   Merih Sengonul, J. Ruzicka, A. B. Attygalle, Matthew Libera. Polymer 48 (2007) 3632-3640.

143.   LC/MS Characterization of Undesired Products Formed During Iodoacetamide Derivatization of Sulfhydryl Groups of Peptides. Zhihua Yang and Athula B. Attygalle J. Mass Spectrom. 42 (2007) 233-243.

142.   Structure and function of Dufour gland pheromones from the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis.
   V. Witte , L. Abrell , A. B. Attygalle , X. Wu, and J. Meinwald. Chemoecology 17 (2007) 63-69

141.   Complex Chemical Communication in the Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
   V. Witte, A. B. Attygalle, and J. Meinwald. Chemoecology 17 (2007) 57-72.

2006

140.   Proteomics Today. By M. Hamdan and P.G. Roghetti (GlaxoSmithKline and University of Verona, respectively). Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken. 2005. Book review. Athula Attygalle. J. Natural Products. 69 (2006)1119.

139.    An unprecedented ortho effect in mass spectrometric fragmentation of even-electron negative ions from hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes and ketones
   Athula Attygalle, Josef Ruzicka, Deepu Varughese, Jafri Sayed
   Tetrahedron Lett. 47 (2006) 4601-4603. [Corrigendum: Tetrahedron Letters 48 (2007) 3485]

138.   An Unprecedented Rearrangement in Collision-Induced Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation of Protonated Benzylamines
   Jason Bialecki, Josef Ruzicka and Athula B. Attygalle. J. Mass Spectrom. 41 (2006) 1195-1204

137.   Contents of the hypertrophied postpharyngeal gland of workers and soldiers of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)
   Athula B. Attygalle, Gulab N. Jham, E. David Morgan
   Sociobiology, 47 (2006) 471-482

136.    An Unexpected Ion-Molecule Adduct in Negative-Ion Collision-induced Decomposition (CID) Ion-Trap Mass Spectra of Halogenated Benzoic Acids
       Athula Attygalle, Najeh Kharbatia, Jason Bialecki, Josef Ruzicka, Aleš Svatoš, Einar J. Stauber
       Rapid. Comm. Mass Spectrom. 20 (2006) 2265-2270.

135.     A feeding stimulant for Manduca sexta from Solanum surattenses
       M. Haribal, J. A. A. Renwick, A. B. Attygalle, and D. Kiemle
   J. Chem. Ecol. 32 (2006) 2687–2694.    (DOI 10.1007/s10886-006-9192-y)

2005

134.    Location of Double Bonds in Diene and Triene Acetates by Partial Reduction Followed by Methylthiolation
Gulab N. Jham, Jerrold Meinwald, and Athula B. Attygalle
J. Chromatogr. A 1077 (2005) 57-67.

2004

133.   Distribution of the Chuuk Islands Giant Millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Silvestri, 1897) (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae), and Identification of its Defensive Compounds
Donald W. Buden, Athula Attygalle, and Xiaogang Wu
           Pacific Science 58 (2004) 625-636.

132.   Defensive Chemicals of two species of Trachypachus motschulski (COLEOPTERA: TRACHYPACHIDAE)
   A. B. Attygalle, X. Wu, J.Ruzicka, S. Rao, S. Garcia, K. Herath, J. Meinwald, D. Maddison, K. W. Will
           J. Chem. Ecol. 20 (2004) 567-578.

2003

131.    Isobutylamides of unsaturated fatty acids from Chrysanthemum morifolium associated with host-plant resistance against the western flower thrips.
Tsao, R., Attygalle, A. B., Schroeder, F. C., Marvin, C. H., and McGarvey, B. D. J. Natural. Prod., 66 (2003) 1229-1231.
130.        New Non-Glycosidic Diterpenes from the Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana.
       Brian D. McGarvey, Athula B. Attygalle, Alvin N. Starratt, Bosong Xiang, Frank C. Schroeder, James E. Brandle, and Jerrold Meinwald.
       J. Natural Products   66 (2003) 1395-1398
129.       Mass Spectrometry
           A. B. Attygalle (Guest Editor)
           Current Organic Chemistry 7 (15) October (2003)
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2002

128.   Reptilian Chemistry: Volatile compounds from the paracloacal glands of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus).
       Silvina García-Rubio, A. B. Attygalle, , P. J. Weldon, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald
           J. Chem. Ecol. 28 (2002) 769-781.

2001

127.     Attractive and defensive functions of the ultraviolet pigments of a flower (Hypericum calycinum)
       M. Gronquist, A. Bezzerides, A. Attygalle, J. Meinwald, M. Eisner, T. Eisner.
           Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (2001) 13745-13750.
126.       Dual Chemical barriers protects a plant against different larval stages of an insect
        J. A. A. Renwick, W, Zhang, M. Haribal, A. B. Attygalle, K. D. Lopez
           J. Chem. Ecol. 27 (2001) 1575-1583.
125.   Spray mechanism of crepidogastrine bombardier beetles (Carabidae: Crepidogastrini)
       T. Eisner, D. L. Aneshansley, J. Yack, A. B. Attygalle, , M. Eisner.
           Chemoecology 11 (2001) 209-219.
124.   Evaluation of the synthetic major component of the sex pheromone of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiide)
F. A. Ferrara, E. F. Vilela, Gulab N. Jham, A. E. Eiras, M. C. Picanco, A. B. Attygalle, Aleš Svatoš, Rosa T. S. Frighetto, J. Meinwald.
J. Chem. Ecol. 27 (2001) 907-917
123.   A Cyanoallyl Glucoside from Alliaria petiolata: a Feeding Deterrent for Larvae of Pieris napi oleracea
Meena Haribal, Zhicai Yang, Athula B. Attygalle, J. Alan A. Renwick, and Jerrold Meinwald
       J. Natural Products   64 (2001) 440-443.
122.   Collisionally-induced dissociation mass spectra of organic sulfate anions
Athula B. Attygalle, Silvina García-Rubio, Jennifer Ta, and Jerrold Meinwald
   J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Transactions 2 (2001) 498-506.
121.   Identification, Synthesis and Evaluation of the Sex Pheromone of Scrobipalpuloides absoluta
N. Jham, A. B. Attygalle, A.Svatos, E.Vilela and J. Meinwald
Feromônios de Insetos (Insect pheromones) Biologia,Quimiça e Aplicação (Biology, Chemistry and Applications) (Ed. Evaldo Vilela), pp. 57-63, 2nd edition, Holos, Editora Ltda-ME, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. (2001)
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2000

120.   Identification, electrophysiogical activity and preliminary behavioral assay of a male produced aggregation pheromone of the banana stem borer odoiporus longicollis (Coloptera: Cucurlionidae)
       N. E. Gunawardena, S. P. Dissanayake, K. B. Herath, A. B. Attygalle.
       Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics 13 (2000) 53-61.
119.   Defense by foot adhesion in a chrysomelid beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea): Characterization of the adhesive oil.
     Athula B. Attygalle, Daniel Aneshansley, Jerrold Meinwald, and Thomas Eisner.
       Zoology 103 (2000) 1-6
118.   Seasonal anointment with millipedes in a wild primate: a chemical defense against insects?
Valderrama, Ximena; Robinson, John G.; Attygalle, Athula B.; Eisner, Thomas.
        J. Chem. Ecol. 26 (2000) 2781-2790.
117.   Initial studies of mating disruption of the tomato moth, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using synthetic sex pheromone.
     Filho, Miguel Michereff; Vilela, Evaldo F.; Jham, Gulab N.; Attygalle, Athula; Svatos, Ales; Meinwald, Jerrold
      J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 11 (2000) 621-628.
116.   Reptilian Chemistry: Enantioselective Syntheses of Novel Components from a Crocodile Exocrine Secretion
       Zhicai Yang, Athula B. Attygalle, and Jerrold Meinwald
               Synthesis 13 (2000) 1936-1943.
115.   Field Trapping of the tomato moth, Tuta absoluta with pheromone traps
   M. M. Filho, E. F. Vilela, A. B. Attygalle, J. Meinwald, A. SvatoŠ and G. N. Jham
     J. Chem. Ecol. 26 (2000) 875-881.
114.   Spray mechanism of the most primitive bombardier beetle (Metrius contractus)
       T. Eisner, D. L. Aneshansley, M. Eisner, A. B. Attygalle, D. W. Alsop, J. Meinwald
       J. Experimental Biol. 203 (2000) 1265-1275.
113.   Cycloalkene Budding: Mass spectrometric studies of competitive and dual cycloalkene extrusion reactions from doubly unsaturated aldehyde N,N-dimethylhydrazones
       Douglas B. Weibel, Athula B. Attygalle, Laura E. Shevy and Jerrold Meinwald
       Rapid. Comm. Mass Spectrom. 14 (2000) 1105-1109.
112.   A combinatorial library of macrocyclic polyamines produced by a ladybird beetle
   F. Schröder, J. J. Farmer, S. R. Smedley, A. B. Attygalle, , T. Eisner, J. Meinwald.
       J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122 (2000) 3628-3634.
111.   New defensive chemical data for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Interpretations in a phylogenetic framework
K. W. Will, A. B. Attygalle, K. Herath
       Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 71 (2000) 459-481.
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1999

110   Combinatorial chemistry in insects: A library of defensive macrocyclic polyamines.
   Schroder, F.C., Farmer, J.J., Attygalle, A.B., Smedley, S.R., Eisner, T., Meinwald, J., Jarvis, B.B.
Chemtracts 12 (1999) 662-666

109.   Single-site catalyts for ring-opening polymerization: Synthesis of heterotactic poly(lactic acid) from rac-lactide.
M. Cheng, A. B. Attygalle, E. B. Lobkovsky, G. W. Coates
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121 (1999) 11583-11584.
108.   Metabolic transformations of acquired lucibufagins by firefly “femmes fatales”
A. Gonzalez, F. Schröder, A. Attygalle, A. Svatos, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner. Chemoecology 9 (1999) 105-112.
107.   Reptilian chemistry: Characterization of a family of dianeackerone-related steroidal esters from a crocodile secretion
       Z. Yang , A. Whyte, A. B. Attygalle, P. J. Weldon, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald
       Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96 (1999) 12251-12256.
106.   Elicited cell suspension cultures of apple (Malus x domestica) cv. Liberty produce biphenyl phytoalexins
W. Borejsza-Wysocki, C. Lester, A. B. Attygalle, G. Hrazdina
       Phytochemistry 50 (1999) 231-235.
105.   A new sinpoyl derivative of isovitexin 6''-O-β-D-glucopyranoside from Alliaria petiolata
M. Haribal, J. A. A. Renwick, A. Attygalle
       J. Natural Products 62 (1999) 179-180.
104.   Biosynthesis of Epilachnene, a Macrocyclic Defensive Alkaloid of the Mexican Bean Beetle
A. B. Attygalle, A. Svatoš, M. Veith, J. J. Farmer, J. Meinwald, S. R. Smedley, A. Gonzalez, T. Eisner
       Tetrahedron 55 (1999) 955-966.
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   1998
103.   Chilocorine C: A new “Dimeric” Alkaloid from a Coccinellid Beetle, Chilocorus cacti
       Q. Huang, A. B. Attygalle, J. Meinwald, M. A. Houck, T. Eisner
       J. Natural Products 61 (1998) 598-601.
102.   Rendering the inedible edible: circumventing of a millipede’s chemical defense by a predaceous beetle larva (Phengodidae)
       T. Eisner, M. Eisner, A. B. Attygalle, M. Deyrup, J. Meinwald
       Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 (1998) 1108-1113.
101.   Polyazamacrolides from ladybird beetles: Ring-size selective oligomerization
   F. Schröder, S. R. Smedley, L. K. Gibbons, J. J. Farmer, A. B. Attygalle, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 (1998) 13387-13391.
100.   Combinatorial Chemistry in insects: A library of defensive macrocyclic polyamines
       F. Schröder, J. J. Farmer, A. B. Attygalle, S. R. Smedley, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald.
       Science 281 (1997) 428-431.
99.   Mirasorvone: A masked 20-ketopregnane from the defensive secretion of a diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus)
   J. Meinwald, Q. Huang, J. Vrkoc, K. B. Herath, Z-C. Yang, F. Schröder, A. B. Attygalle, V. K. Iyengar, R. C. Morgan, T. Eisner.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 (1998) 2733-2737.
98.   CBS-4 ab initio results on the formation and stability of N-aminoazetidine cation and derivatives
       C. F. Wilcox, A. B. Attygalle
       Theochem 434 (1997) 207-211.
97.   Trail Pheromone from the Pavan Gland of the Ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith)
       A. B. Attygalle, A. Mutti, W. Rohe, U. Maschwitz, W. Garbe, H. J. Bestmann
       Naturwissenschaften 85 (1998) 275-277.
96.   Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Ladybird Beetles
       Athula B. Attygalle and Jerrold Meinwald
       In New Trends in Natural Product Chemistry (Ed. Atta-ur-Rahman), Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam. (1997) pp. 159-173.
95.   Microchemical Techniques.
       A. B. Attygalle, In: METHODS IN CHEMICAL ECOLOGY (Eds. J. Millar and K. Haynes). Chapman and Hall. (1998) pp. 207-281.
94.   Trail Pheromone of the Myrmicine Ant Aphaenogaster rudis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       A. B. Attygalle, F. Kern, Q. Huang, J. Meinwald
       Naturwissenschaften 85 (1998) 38-41.
93.   Absolute Stereochemistry of Soulattrolide and Its Analogs
   Xiongwei Shi, Athula B. Attygalle, Adam Liwo, Ming-Hong Hao, Jerrold Meinwald, H. Ranjith W. Dharmaratne, and W. M. Anoja P. Wanigasekera
J. Org. Chem. 63 (1998) 1233-1238.
92.   Cycloalkene Budding: A Unique Rearrangement Observed in the Mass Spectra of N,N-Dimethylhydrazones of unsaturated aldehydes
       A. B. Attygalle, K. B. Herath, J. Meinwald
       J. Org. Chem. 63 (1998) 408-410.
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1997

91.   Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Two Defensive Alkaloids from the Mexican Bean Beetle, Epilachna varivestis
       X. Shi, A. B. Attygalle, J. Meinwald
       Tetrahedron Lett. 38 (1997) 6479-6482.
90.   Defensive Production of Quinoline by a Phasmid Insect (Oreophoetes peruana)
       T. Eisner, R. C. Morgan, A. B. Attygalle, S. R. Smedley, K. B. Herath, J. Meinwald
       J. Experimental Biol. 200 (1997) 2493-2500.
89.   Defensive Production of Formic Acid (80%) by a Carabid Beetle
C. Rossini, A. B Attygalle, A. Gozalez, S. R. Smedley, M. Eisner, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94 (1997) 6792-67-97.
88.   Absolute Configuration of Insect-Produced Epilachnene
Jay J. Farmer, Athula B. Attygalle, Scott R. Smedley, Thomas Eisner, and Jerrold Meinwald
Tetrahedron Lett. 38 (1997) 2787-2790.
87.    Pyrrolidinoöxazolidine Alkaloids from two Species of Ladybird Beetles
Peter Radford, Athula B. Attygalle, Jerrold Meinwald, Scott R. Smedley and T. Eisner
J. Natural Products 60 (1997) 755-759.
86.   Mellein, a Trail Pheromone Component of the Ant Lasius fuliginosus
F. Kern, R. W. Klein,   E. Janssen,   H. J. Bestmann, A. B. Attygalle, D. Schäfer, U. Maschwitz,
       J. Chem. Ecol. 23 (1997) 779-792.
85.    Characterization of Vinyl Substituted Carbon-carbon Double Bonds by GC-FT/IR Analysis.
Aleš Svatoš and Athula B. Attygalle Analytical Chemistry 69 (1997) 1827-1836.
84.   Trail Pheromone of the Ponerine Ant Leptogenys peuqueti (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A multicomponent Mixture of Related Compounds.
       E. Janssen, E. Übler, L. Bauriegel, F. Kern, H. J. Bestmann, A. B. Attygalle, S. Steghaus-Kovac, U. Maschwitz
Naturwissenschaften 84 (1997) 122-125.
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     1996
83.   Glandular pyrazine emission by a tropical katydid: an example of chemical aposematism?
       David A. Nickle, J. L. Castner, S. R. Smedley, A. B. Attygalle, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
       J. Orth. Res. (1996) 221-223
82.   Oily substances from gastral intersegmental glands of the ant Pachycondyla tridenta (Ponerinae): lack of pheromone function in tandem running and antibiotic effects, but further evidence for lubricative function.
       A. B. Attygalle, K. Jessen, H. J. Bestmann, A. Buschinger, U. Maschwitz
       Chemoecology 7 (1996) 8-12.
81.   Chemical egg defense in a green lacewing (Ceraeochrysa smithi)
       Thomas Eisner, Athula B. Attygalle, Willian E. Conner, Maria Eisner, Ellis MacLeod, Jerrold Meinwald
       Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93 (1996) 3280-3283.
80.   Acetylation of α-tocopherol by the squash beetle, Epilachna borealis
       Athula B. Attygalle, Jerrold Meinwald, Carmen Rossini, Thomas Eisner
           Naturwissenschaften 83 (1996) 277-279.
79.    Sex Pheromone of Tomato Pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
   Aleš Svatoš, Athula B. Attygalle, Gulab N. Jham, Rosa T. S. Frighetto, Evaldo F. Vilela, D. Šaman and Jerrold Meinwald
           J. Chem. Ecol. 22 (1996) 787-800.
78.   Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of 2-(12´-Aminotridecyl)-pyrrolidine, a Defensive Alkaloid from the Mexican Bean Beetle, Epilachna varivestis
   Xiongwei Shi, Athula B. Attygalle, Shang-Cheng Xu,Viqar U. Ahmad, and Jerrold Meinwald
       Tetrahedron 52 (1996) 6859-6868.
77.   (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-Tetradecatrienyl acetate, a sex attractant for the tomato pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta
           Athula B. Attygalle, Gulab N. Jham, Aleš Svatoš, Rosa T. S. Frighetto,
          Fernando A. Ferrara, Manoel Uchôa-Fernandes Evaldo Vilela and Jerrold Meinwald
                  Biorg. Med. Chem. 4 (1996) 305-314.
76.   Tocopheryl acetates from the pupal exocrine secretion of the squash beetle, Epilachna borealis (Coccinellidae)
       Athula B. Attygalle, Scott Smedley, Thomas Eisner, and Jerrold Meinwald
       Experientia 92 (1996) 616-620.
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1995

75.   Trail Pheromone of Two Formicine Ants, Camponotus silvicola and Camponotus rufipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       E. Übler, F. Kern, H.J. Bestmann, B. Hölldobler, A.B. Attygalle
           Naturwissenschaften 82 (1995) 523-525.

74.   Spirocyclic Defensive Alkaloid from a Coccinellid Beetle
       Xiongwei Shi, Athula B. Attygalle, Jerrold Meinwald, Marilyn A. Houck, and Thomas Eisner
           Tetrahedron   51 (1995) 8711-8718.
73.   Gas-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy for the Determination of Double-Bond Configuration of Some Polyunsaturated Pheromones and Related Compounds
       Athula B. Attygalle, Aleš Svatoš, Charles Wilcox, and Simon Voerman
       Analytical Chemistry 67 (1995) 1558-1567.
72.         Microscale, Random Reduction: Application to the Characterization of (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-Tetradecatrienyl Acetate, a New Lepidopteran Sex Pheromone
    Athula B. Attygalle, Gulab N. Jham, Aleš Svatoš, Rosa T. S. Frighetto, Jerrold Meinwald, Evaldo Vilela Fernando A. Ferrara, Manoel Uchoa-Fernandes
   Tetrahedron Letters 36 (1995) 5471-5474.
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1994

71.         Biosynthesis of Defensive Insect Alkaloid: Epilachnene from Oleic Acid and Serine
             Athula B. Attygalle, Curtis. L. Blankespoor, Thomas Eisner, and Jerrold Meinwald
             Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91 (1994) 12790-12793.
70.   Gas Phase Infrared Spectroscopy in Characterization of Unsaturated Natural Products.
   Athula B. Attygalle
   Pure and Applied Chemistry 66 (1994) 2323-2326.
69.   Synthesis of Deuterium Labeled Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Aleš Svatoš, Athula B. Attygalle, and Jerrold Meinwald
Tetrahedron Lett. 35 (1994) 9497-9500.
68.   Gas Phase Infrared Spectroscopy for Determination of Double Bond Configuration of Monounsaturated Compounds
   Athula B. Attygalle, Aleš Svatoš, Charles Wilcox, and Simon Voerman
   Analytical Chemistry 66 (1994) 1696-1703.
67.   Chilocorine: Heptacyclic Alkaloid from a Coccinellid Beetle
Kevin D. McCormick, Athula B. Attygalle, Shang-Cheng Xu, Aleš Svatoš, and Jerrold Meinwald,
               Marilyn A. Houck, Curtis L. Blankespoor and Thomas Eisner
       Tetrahedron   50 (1994) 2365-2372.
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1993
66.   Alkaloids of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis (Coccinelidae).
   Athula B. Attygalle, Shang-Cheng Xu, Kevin D. McCormick, Curt. L. Blankespoor, Thomas Eisner,.and
   Jerrold Meinwald
       Tetrahedron      49 (1993) 9333-9342.
65.    Azamacrolides: a family of alkaloids from the pupal defensive secretion of a ladubird beetle (Epilachna varivestis)
   Athula B. Attygalle, Kevin D. McCormick, Curt. L. Blankespoor, Thomas Eisner,.and Jerrold Meinwald
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90 (1993) 5204-5208.
64.   Chemical structure and final steps of biosynthesis of the female sex pheromone of Gastropacha quercifolia (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)
       H.J. Bestmann, A.B. Attygalle, W. Garbe, F. Kern, V. Martichonok, D. Schafer, O. Vostrowsky, and I. Hasenfuss
       Insect. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 23 (1993) 793-799.
63.   Determination of Double Bond Position in Some Unsaturated Terpenes and Other Branched Compounds by Alkylthiolation
   A.B. Attygalle, G.N. Jham and J. Meinwald
   Analytical Chemistry 65 (1993) 2528-2533.
62.   Defensive secretion of the millipede Floridobolus penneri
   A. B. Attygalle, Shang-Cheng Xu, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
   Journal of Natural Products 56 (1993) 1700-1706.
61.   Defensive secretion of two notodontoid caterpillars (Schizura unicornis, S. badia)
       A.B. Attygalle, S. R. Smedley, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
       J. Chem. Ecol. 19 (1993) 2089-2104.
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1992
60.   Defensive secretion of the carabid beetle Helluomorphoides grouvellei
       A.B. Attygalle, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald
       J. Chem. Ecol. 18 (1992) 489-498.
59.   Trail-following responses of Leptogenys diminuta to stereoisomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol
       S. Steghaus-Kovac, U. Maschwitz, A.B. Attygalle, R.T.S. Frighetto, N. Frighetto, O. Vostrowsky, H.J. Bestmann
       Experientia 48 (1992) 690-694.
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1991
58.   Chemical defense of a primitive Australian bombardier beetle: Mystropomus regularis
       T. Eisner, A.B. Attygalle, M. Eisner, D.J. Aneshansley, J. Meinwald
           Chemoecology 2 (1991) 29-34.
57.   Biosynthesis of methacrylic and isobutyric acids in a carabid beetle, Scarites subterraneus.
       A.B. Attygalle, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald
           Tetrahedron Lett. 32 (1991) 4849-4852.
56.   Defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
       A.B. Attygalle, C.L. Blankespoor, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
           J. Chem. Ecol. 17 (1991) 805-809.
55.   cis-Isogeraniol, a recruitment pheromone of the ant Leptogenys diminuta
       A.B. Attygalle, S. Steghaus-Kovac, V.U. Ahmad, U. Maschwitz, O. Vostrowsky, H.J. Bestmann
           Naturwissenschaften 78 (1991) 90-92.
54.   Sexual dimorphism in the defensive secretion of a carabid beetle
       A.B. Attygalle, J. Meinwald, J.K. Liebherr, T. Eisner
           Experientia 47 (1991) 296-299.
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         1990
53.   Morphology and chemical contents of Dufour glands of Pseudomyrmex ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)
       A.B. Attygalle, J.P.J. Billen, B.D. Jackson, E.D. Morgan
           Z. Naturforsch. 45c (1990) 691-697.
52.   Chemical and behavioural studies on the Dufour gland contents of Manica rubida (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       B.D. Jackson, M.C. Cammaerts, E.D. Morgan and A.B. Attygalle
           J. Chem. Ecol. 16 (1990) 827-840.
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        1989
51.   The sex pheromone of the brinjal pest, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Lepidoptera): Problems and perspectives
       N.E. Gunawardena, A.B. Attygalle, H.M.W.K. Bandara Herath
           J. Natn. Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka 17 (1989) 161-171.

50.   Derivatization with 1,1-dimethylhydrazine for identification of carbonyl compounds resulting from ozonolyis
       A.B.Attygalle, A. Zlatkis and B.S.Middleditch
           J. Chromatogr. 472 (1989) 284-289.
49.   Regulatory steps of sex pheromone biosynthesis in Mamestra brassicae
       H.J.Bestmann, M. Herrig, A.B.Attygalle, and M. Hupe
           Experientia 45 (1989) 778-781.
48.   Identification and synthesis of female sex pheromone of eri-silk worm, Samia cynthia ricini (Lepidoptera: Saturnidae)
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, J. Schwarz, W. Garbe, O.Vostrowsky, and I. Tomida.
           Tetrahedron Lett. 30 (22) (1989) 2911-2914.

47.   Chemical composition and function of the metapleural gland secretion of the ant, Crematogaster deformis SMITH.
       A.B.Attygalle, B.Siegel, O.Vostrowsky, H.J.Bestmann and U.Maschwitz
           J. Chem. Ecol. 15 (1989) 317-328.
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   1988
46.   Sex pheromone of female Myelois cribrella Hübner (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae): Chemical identification, electrophysiological evaluation and field attractancy tests
       A.B.Attygalle, Cai-Hong Wu, J.Schwarz, O.Vostrowsky, I.Hasenfuss and H.J.Bestmann
           J. Chem. Ecol. 14 (1988) 481-490.

45.   Identification of sex pheromone components of Spodoptera sunea
   (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, J.Schwarz, O.Vostrowsky and J. Knauf
           J. Chem. Ecol. 14 (1988) 679-686.
44.   Pheromones in nanogram quantities: Structure determination by combined microchemical and gas chromatographic methods.
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Angew. Chemie 100 (1988) 475-494;Int. Ed. Engl. 27 (1988) 460-478.
43.   Contents of Dufour glands of some formicine ants: Queens and workers of Camponotus aethiops and a re-examination of Lasius fuliginosus
       M.F.Ali, A.B.Attygalle, J.P.J.Billen and E.D.Morgan
           Entomol. Exp. Appl. 46 (1988) 109-115.
42.   Ethological studies of the mandibular gland secretion of the ant Manica rubida (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
       M.C.Cammaerts, A.B.Attygalle, O.Vostrowsky and H.J.Bestmann
           J. Insect Physiol. 34 (1988) 347-350.
41.   (3R,4S)-4-Methyl-3-heptanol, the trail pheromone of the ant Leptogenys diminuta
   (Formicidae: Ponerinae)
       A.B.Attygalle, O.Vostrowsky, H.J.Bestmann, S.Steghaus-Kovac and U.Maschwitz
           Naturwissenschaften 75 (1988) 315-317
40.   Identification of the volatile components of the mandibular gland secretion of the ant Manica rubida: Structure elucidation, synthesis, and absolute configuration of manicone
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, J.Glasbrenner, R.Riemer,O.Vostrowsky,
       M.C.Constantino, G. Melikian and E.D.Morgan
           Liebigs Ann. Chem. (1988) 55-60.
39.   Identification of a component of the trail pheromone of the ant Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       M.F. Ali, E.D. Morgan, C. Detrain, and A.B. Attygalle
           Physiol. Entomol. 13 (1988) 257-265.
38.   Change of Dufour gland contents with age of workers of Formica sanguinea
   (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       M.F. Ali, A.B.Attygalle, J.P.J.Billen, B.D.Jackson, and E.D. Morgan
           Physiol. Entomol. 13 (1988) 249-255.
37.   Sex pheromone of brinjal shoot and pod borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenèe
   (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae)
       A.B.Attygalle, J. Schwarz, and N.E.Gunawardena
           Z. Naturforsch. 43c (1988) 790-792.

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1987
36.   The mandibular gland secretion of the ant, Manica rubida
       A.B.Attygalle, O.Vostrowsky, H.J.Bestmann, E.D.Morgan and M.C.Cammaerts.
       in "Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects", J. Eder and H. Remboldt (Eds),
       Verlag J. Peperny, Munich, pp. 428-429, (1987)
           Proc. Int. Congr. Int. Union Study Soc. Insects 10th,(1986) Munich

35.   The contents of the Dufour gland of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.
       J.P.J.Billen, A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan and D.G.Ollett.
        in "Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects", J. Eder and H. Remboldt (Eds),
       Verlag J. Peperny, Munich, pp. 426-427, (1987)
           Proc. Int. Congr. Int. Union Study Soc. Insects 10th,(1986) Munich
34.   New chemicals from the Dufour gland of the formicine ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       A.B.Attygalle, O.Vostrowsky, H.J.Bestmann and E.D.Morgan
           Insect Biochem. 17 (1987) 219-225.
33.   Technique for injecting intact glands for analysis of sex pheromones of Lepidoptera by capillary gas chromatography: Reinvestigation of pheromone complex of Mamestra brassicae.
       A.B.Attygalle, M.Herrig, O.Vostrowsky and H.J.Bestmann
           J. Chem. Ecol. 13 (1987) 1299-1311.
32.   The contents of the Dufour gland of the ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nyl. (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       D.G.Ollett, E.D.Morgan, A.B.Attygalle and J.P.J.Billen
           Z. Naturforsch. 42c (1987) 141-146.
31.   Gas chromatography without solvents: Pheromone studies: The Dufour gland
   of the ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
       J.P.J.Billen, A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan and D.G.Ollett
           International Analyst March (1987) 3-6.
30.   Identification of three sex pheromone components of the female saturniid moth Antherea pernyi (Lepidoptera:Saturniidae)
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, T.Brosche, J.Erler, H.Platz J.Schwarz,
       O.Vostrowsky, W.Cai-Hong, K.E.Kaisling, C.Te-Ming
           Z. Naturforsch. 42c (1987) 631-636.
29.   The Dufour gland substances of the workers of Formica fusca and Formica lemani (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       M.F.Ali, A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan and J.P.J. Billen
           J. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 88B (1987) 59-63.
28.   Die absolute Konfiguration des Ameisenpheromon Manicon.
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, J.Glasbrenner, R.Riemer and O.Vostrowsky
           Angew. Chemie 99 (1987) 784-785; Int. Ed. Engl. 26 (1987) 784-785.
27.   Comparison of Dufour gland secretions of two species of Leptothorax ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       M.F.Ali, E.D.Morgan, A.B.Attygalle and J.P.J.Billen
           Z. Naturforsch. 42c (1987) 955-960.
26.   Terminal acetylation in pheromone biosynthesis by Mamestra brassicae L. (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
       H.J.Bestmann, M.Herrig and A.B.Attygalle
           Experientia 43 (1987) 1033-1034.
25.   Activités èthologiques des Substances volatiles èmises par les glandes mandibulaires de Manica rubida (Myrmicinae)
       M.C.Cammaerts and A.B.Attygalle
           Actes Coll. Insectes Soc. 4 (1987) 59-64.
24.   Activité èthologique de substances produites par la glande de Dufour de Lasius niger (Formicidae)
       M.C.Cammaerts, A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Actes Coll. Insectes Soc. 4 (1987) 65-70.
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1986
23.   A versatile micro-reactor and extractor
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Anal. Chem. 58 (1986) 3054-3058.
22.   Contents of Dufour glands of workers of three species of Tetramorium (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       J.P.J.Billen, R.P.Evershed, A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan and D.G.Ollett
           J. Chem. Ecol. 12 (1986) 669-685.
21.   Micro-chemical method for determining formaldehyde, lower carbonyl compounds and alkylidene end groups in the nanogram range using Keele micro-reactor
       D.G.Ollett, A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           J. Chromatogr. 367 (1986) 207-212.
20.   Chemical and ethological studies of the trail pheromone of the ant Manica rubida (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
       A.B.Attygalle, M.C.Cammaerts, R.Cammaerts, E.D.Morgan and D.G.Ollett
           Physiol. Entomol. 11 (1986) 125-132.
19.   Individual variation in the sex pheromones of the false codling moth, Cryptoplebia leucotreta. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
       A.B.Attygalle, J.Schwarz, O.Vostrowsky and H.J.Bestmann
           Z. Naturforsch. 41c (1986) 1077-1081.
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1985
18.   Ant trail pheromones
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Advances in Insect Physiology 18 (1985) 1-30.
17.   The pheromonal activity of chiral 3-octanol for Myrmica ants
       M.C.Cammaerts, A.B.Attygalle, R.P.Evershed and E.D.Morgan
           Physiol. Entomol. 10 (1985) 33-36.
16.   The trail pheromone of the ant Manica rubida
       A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan, M.C.Cammaerts, R.Cammaerts and V.K.Lancaster
           Actes. Coll. Insectes Soc. 2 (1985) 159-166.
15.   The postpharyngeal gland of workers of Solenopsis geminata
       A.B.Attygalle, J.P.J.Billen and E.D.Morgan
           Actes Coll. Insectes Soc. 2 (1985) 79-86.
14.   (Z)-9-Dodecenyl acetate, a component of the sex pheromone of Cnepasia longana (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae)
       H.J.Bestmann, A.B.Attygalle, H.Platz,O.Vostrowsky and M.Glas
           Z. Naturforsch. 40c (1985) 667-669.
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1984
13.   Chemical reactions with nanogram quantities of compounds collected from GC effluent
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan, J. Chromatogr. 290 (1984) 321-330.
12.   Identification of the trail pheromone of the ant Tetramorium caespitum
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           J. Chem. Ecol. 10 (1984) 1453-1468.
11.   Determination of oxirane ring position in epoxides at the nanogram level by reaction gas chromatography
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Anal. Chem. 56 (1984) 1530-1533.
10.   Chemicals from the glands of ants
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan
           Chem. Soc. Reviews 13 (1984) 245-278. (DOI: 10.1039/CS9841300245)
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1983
09.   Dufour gland secrertions of Myrmica rugulosa and Myrmica schencki workers
       A.B.Attygalle, M.C.Cammaerts and E.D.Morgan, J. Insect Physiol. 29 (1983) 27-32.
08.   Comparison of three derivatives for the enantiomeric separation of chiral alcohols and the absolute configuration of Myrmica ant 3-octanol
       A.B.Attygalle, E.D.Morgan, R.P.Evershed and S.P.Rowlands
           J. Chromatogr. 260 (1983) 411-417.
07.   Reaction gas chromatography without solvent, for identification of nanogram quantities of natural products
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan, Anal. Chem. 55 (l983) 1379-1384.
06.   Trail pheromone of the ant Tetramorium caespitum L.
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan, Naturwissenschaften 70 (1983) 364-365.

05.   Dufour gland secretions of workers of the ants Myrmica sulcinodis and Myrmica lobicornis and comparison with six other species of Myrmica.
       A.B.Attygalle, R.P.Evershed, E.D.Morgan and M.C.Cammaerts
           Insect Biochem. 13 (l983) 507-512.
04.   Micro-chemical investigations of volatile chemicals of some myrmicine ants
       A.B. Attygalle, Ph.D. thesis, University of Keele, 1983
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1982
03.   Structures of homofarnesene and bishomofarnesene isomers from Myrmica ants
       A.B.Attygalle and E.D.Morgan, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I. (1982) 949-951.
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1980
02.   Fibrin membrane endowed with biological function VI, Immobilization of mutienzymes of Urea cycle
       Y.Inada, Y.Tazawa, A.Attygalle and Y.Saito
           Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 96 (1980) 1586-1591.
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1979
01.   Immobilization of α-amylase on CNBr activated Sephadex G-200
       K.Wimalasena, A.B.Attygalle and K.Balasubramanium
           Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 35 (1979) 48.

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