Hypertrehalosemic hormones increase the concentration of free fatty acids in trophocytes of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fat body

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1225-1231

  Ali, Irshad ^a   Steele, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Corpus cardiacum; Fat body; Free fatty acid; Hypertrehalosemic hormone; Mycetocyte; Periplaneta americana; Urate cell

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE;

COCKROACH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FAT BODY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031407193     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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