Qualitative patterns of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ithomiinae butterflies

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Trigo, José Roberto ^a   Brown, Keith S ^a   Henriques, Silvana A ^a   Barata, Lauro Euclides Soares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

callimorphine; capillary gas chromatography mass spectrometry; insect PAs; intermedine; Ithomiinae; lycopsamine; pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0030114644     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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