Kairomone

Japanese: カイロモン（英語表記）kairomone

A term proposed by Brown WL Brown et al. (1970) that refers to a substance produced by one species of organism that, when it comes into contact with another species of organism, has a beneficial effect on the organism that comes into contact with it rather than on the organism that produced it. Examples include insect attractants produced by plants, which are important for insect behavior. What are generally called inducers can also be called kairomones. On the other hand, when a substance produced by one species of organism comes into contact with another species of organism, it can cause a physiological or behavioral response in the organism that comes into contact with it, thereby having a beneficial effect on the organism that produced the substance; such substances are called allomones.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ブラウンW.L.Brownら(1970)によって提唱された用語で，ある種の生物がつくった物質が他の種の生物に触れた場合，つくった生物に対してよりも，接した生物の方に有益な効果を及ぼす物質。植物がつくる昆虫の誘引物質は昆虫の行動にとって重要なもので，この例に含められる。一般に誘起物質とよばれるものもカイロモンといえる。一方，ある種の生物がつくった物質が他の種の生物に触れた場合，接した生物に生理的もしくは行動的な反応をひきおこして，物質をつくった生物に有益な効果を及ぼすことがあり，このような物質をアロモンallomoneという。

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