Does excretion of secondary metabolites always involve a measurable metabolic cost? Fate of plant antifeedant salicin in common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1077-1089

  Mclean, S ^a   Pass, G J ^a   Foley, W J ^b   Brandon, S ^a   Davies, N W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common brushtail possum; Costs; Detoxication; Glucose conjugate; Metabolism; Plant secondary metabolite; Salicin

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIC ACID; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALICIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLURIC ACID; SALIGENIN;

ANTIFEEDANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; EXCRETION; METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONJUGATION; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0034925449     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010303726439     Document Type: Article

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