Sequestration of plant compounds in a leaf beetle's defensive secretion: Cardenolides in Chrysochus

Chemoecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Dobler, Susanne ^a   Daloze, Désiré ^b   Pasteels, Jacques M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Apocynaceae; Apocynum; Asclepiadaceae; Asclepias; Cardenolides; Chrysochus; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Defensive secretions; Diacetyl putrescine; Insect chemical defense; Sequestration; Vincetoxicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000660670     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050015     Document Type: Article

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