Comparative metabolism of dietary terpene, p-cymene, in generalist and specialist folivorous marsupials

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2109-2126

  Boyle, Rebecca ^a   McLean, Stuart ^a   Foley, William J ^b,d   Davies, Noel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Eucalyptus; Metabolism; p cymene; Petauroides volans; Pseudocheirus peregrinus; Terpene; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

PARA CYMENE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET; EXTRACTION; FECES LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARSUPIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE LEVEL;

PETAUROIDES VOLANS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0032837110     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021092908058     Document Type: Article

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