Phytosterol metabolism and absorption in the generalist grasshopper, Schistocerca americana (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-25

  Behmer, Spencer T ^a,c   Elias, Damian O ^a   Grebenok, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Grasshoppers; Metabolic constraints; Phytosterols; S. americana

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; GLYCINE MAX; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

PHYTOSTEROL;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 0033192478     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(199909)42:1<13::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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