Body extracts from the forest ant and honeybee: Chromatographic comparison of factors affecting the ant Malpighian tubule

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 306-314

  Laenen, Bart ^a   Wiehart, Ursula ^b   De Decker, Nadine ^a   Steels, Paul ^a   Van Kerkhove, Emmy ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antidiuretic factor; Body extracts; Diuretic factor; Electrophysiology; Fluid secretion; HPLC; Hymenoptera; Malpighian tubule

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HONEYBEE; ORGANIC ACID;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; FORMICA; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MALPIGHIA;

EID: 0347567069     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2003.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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