Benzoquinone levels as a function of age and gender of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 969-977

  Unruh, Lisa M ^a   Xu, Rongda ^a   Kramer, Karl J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive secretion; Electrochemical detection; Flour beetle; Hydroquinones; Insect; Liquid chromatography; Photodiode array detection; Quantitative analysis; Quinones; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032421574     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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