Cucurbitacins: A role in cucumber beetle steroid nutrition?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2373-2383

  Halaweish, Fathi T ^a   Tallamy, Douglas W ^b   Santana, Eva ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumber beetles; Cucurbitacins; Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi; Ecdysteroid antagonist; Ecdysteroids; Phytosteroids

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CUCUMBER; FOOD COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STEROID METABOLISM;

DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA;

EID: 0032719613     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020886210590     Document Type: Article

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