HYPOTHESIS. Formicine ants’ “convoluted glands (but not the venom reservoir) invariably contain microgram quantities of hexadecanol, hexadecyl formate and hexadecyl acetate in varying proportions. They also suggested that the molecules involved could possibly form ordered mono-layers of closely packed molecules (Langmuir-Blodgett films), hence inhibiting evaporation and acting as insulators or protecting cells against corrosive venom compounds.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022