The male pheromone mixture used in mating was first discovered almost 35 years ago, but the male moth aphrodisiac found in this study is a chemical called methyl salicylate. It is derived from ...

The final product consists almost entirely of methyl salicylate, the active ingredient of wintergreen oil. The natural production of wintergreen oil has declined in favor of creating synthetic ...

Male tobacco budworm moths collect perfume from flowers and emit it while they are courting females to make themselves more attractive. It is well known that female moths release scented chemicals ...

One pinch of wintergreen snuff may hold more of the wintergreen-flavored chemical methyl salicylate than 40 Wintergreen Altoid mints, a new study finds. That amount of exposure to the fragrant ...