Studies on the cardenolide sequestration in African milkweed butterflies (Danaidae)

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-584

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Reuss, Esther ^a   Schneider, Michael ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Amauris ochlea ochlea; Cardenolides; Danaidae; Danaus chrysippus aegyptius; Milkweed butterflies

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALCOHOL; CARDENOLIDE; OUABAIN;

AMAURIS OCHLEA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BUTTERFLY; DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS AEGYPTIUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMAURIS; ASCLEPIAS; DANAINAE; DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS AEGYPTIUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 15044363497     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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