Biosynthesis of epilachnene, a macrocyclic defensive alkaloid of the Mexican bean beetle

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 955-966

  Attygalle, Athula B ^a   Svatoš, Aleš ^a   Veith, Martin ^a   Farmer, Jay J ^a   Meinwald, Jerrold ^a   Smedley, Scott ^a   González, Andrés ^a   Eisner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Insects; Labelling; Mass spectrometry; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; MACROLIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OLEIC ACID; SERINE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

COLEOPTERA; EPILACHNA; EPILACHNA VARIVESTIS; EPILACHNA VARVIVESTIS; HEXAPODA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0033593526     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01102-8     Document Type: Article

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