A "Dock-Work" Orange: A Dual-Receptor Biochemical Theory on the Deterrence Induced by Citrusy Aroma on Elephant Traffic Central to a Conservation Effort.

ABSTRACT: Conservation of elephants requires physical, chemical, and biological approaches to ensure the protection of these gargantuan pachyderms. One such approach is using orange plants (as biofencing) for the repellence of elephants, which precludes catastrophic events related to the encroachment of elephants into human habitats. Elephants have sensitive olfactory discrimination of plant volatile compounds for foraging and other behavior using G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). However, 2 such receptors are the A2A and A2B receptors mediating olfaction elicited by a host of ligands, including limonene, the main volatile compound in citrus plants, which is hypothesized to be the chief repelling agent. Bioinformatics at the protein and mRNA levels (BLAST/Multiple Sequence Alignments) were employ

SUBMITTER: Gunawardana D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869256 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature