Hydroquinone: A general phagostimulating pheromone in termites

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Reinhard, Judith ^a   Lacey, Michael J ^a   Ibarra, Fernando ^b   Schroeder, Frank C ^c   Kaib, Manfred ^d   Lenz, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbutin; Feeding stimulation; Hydroquinone; Labial glands; Pheromones; Termites

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; MASTOTERMITIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROQUINONES; ISOPTERA; PHEROMONES;

EID: 0036008199     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013554100310     Document Type: Article

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