Activities of glutathione S-transferase and glutathione peroxidases related to diet quality in an aphid predator, the seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 445-449

  Nielsen, Søren Achim ^a   Hauge, Mikael S ^b   Nielsen, Frederik H ^b   Toft, Søren ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aphidae; Coccinella septempunctata; Coleoptera; Diet quality; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione S transferase; Metopolophium dirhodum; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHID; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 0034123637     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800311     Document Type: Article

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