Formation of insoluble and colloidally dispersed tannic acid complexes in the midgut fluid of Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): An explanation for the failure of tannic acid to cross the peritrophic envelopes of lepidopteran larvae

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-117

  Barbehenn, Raymond V ^a   Martin, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexation; Lepidoptera; Peritrophic membrane; Tannins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005228107     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1998)39:3<109::aid-arch3>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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