The fate and effects of ingested hydrolyzable tannins in Porcellio scaber

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 611-628

  Zimmer, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Gut microbiota; Hepatopancreatic bacteria; Hindgut cuticle; Hydrolysis; Oniscidea; Oxidation; Phenolics; Porcellio scaber; Terrestrial isopods

Indexed keywords

PHENOL; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FEEDING; HEPATOPANCREAS; HYDROLYSIS; INGESTION; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MICROBIOTA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0033041269     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020962105931     Document Type: Article

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