Light-Induced Vitamin Deficiency in Drosophila melanogaster

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-67

  Bruins, B G ^a   Scharloo, W ^a   Thorig G E W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nipagin; Propionic and acetic acid; Riboflavin degradation; Visible light; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

ACETIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LARVA; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RIBOFLAVIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030634125     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)36:1<51::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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