Storage and metabolism of radioactively labeled pyrrolizidine alkaloids by butterflies and larvae of Mechanitis polymnia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Ithomiinae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Brückmann, Markus ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^b   Foglio, Mary Ann ^b   Hartmann, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloid metabolism; Chemical defense; Ithomiinae; Lepidoptera; Mechanitis polymnia; N oxidation; Nymphalidae; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001796688     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050004     Document Type: Article

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