Antioxidants in the midgut fluids of a tannin-tolerant and a tannin-sensitive caterpillar: Effects of seasonal changes in tree leaves

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1099-1116

  Barbehenn, Raymond V ^a   Walker, Ann C ^a   Uddin, Farhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Glutathione; Herbivore; Lepidoptera; Tree leaves

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; PHENOL; TANNIN;

ANTIOXIDANT; CATERPILLAR; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE;

ACER; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MOTHS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; TANNINS;

ACER SACCHARUM; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; ORGYIA LEUCOSTIGMA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0038177385     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023873321494     Document Type: Article

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