Tropane and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the ithomiines Placidula euryanassa and Miraleria cymothoe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Freitas, André V L ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a   Brown Jr , Keith S ^a   Witte, Ludger ^b   Hartmann, Thomas ^b   Barata, Lauro E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brugmansia suaveolens; Chemical defense; Ithomiinae; Lycopsamine; Miraleria cymothoe; Placidula euryanassa; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Solanaceae; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001858672     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239482     Document Type: Article

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