1,5-Disubstituted imidazoles inhibit juvenile hormone biosynthesis by the corpora allata of the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1005-1011

  Li, Yiping ^a   Kuwano, Eiichi ^b   Noriega, Fernando G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,5 Disubstituted imidazoles; Aedes aegypti; Blood feeding; Corpora allata; Juvenile hormone synthesis; Methyl farnesoate

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DIPTERA;

EID: 0242381873     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00183-5     Document Type: Article

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