Isobutyric Acid from the Brindley's Glands of Triatoma Lecticularia

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-37

  Seigler, David S ^a   Lampman, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brindley's glands; Isobutyric acid; Reduviidae; Triatoma lecticularia; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SCENT GLAND; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0034155149     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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