Talk:Periplanone B

Sexual Excitant versus Sexual Attractant
The current article says, "Periplanone B is a pheromone produced by the female American cockroach,[1] Periplaneta americana. It is a sexual attractant to male cockroaches, especially at short ranges.[2]" but the article says NOTHING about its primary role as a sexual excitant. Reference [2] says, "Synthetic periplanone-B has been shown not only to be a sex excitant to male Periplaneta americana by bioassay in the laboratory but also an attractant pheromone..." The primary function of periplanone B is that of an excitant of extremely high potency and selectivity. The attractant function (see the reference) seems to favor males over females but not exclusively. Neither does the paper rule out the attraction being due to a secondary response (excited males releasing more attractant; trapped females releasing more attractant). There are videos (somewhere) of male Periplaneta americana being excited to death by periplanone B. AdderUser (talk) 08:06, 23 June 2016 (UTC)