Acquired and partially de novo synthesized pyrrolizidine alkaloids in two polyphagous arctiids and the alkaloid profiles of their larval food-plants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-254

  Hartmann, T ^a   Theuring, C ^a   Beuerle, T ^a   Ernst, L ^a   Singer, M S ^b   Bernays, E A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloid sequestration; Arctiidae; Chemical defense; Crotalaria; Insect alkaloid; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Senecio

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CALLIMORPHINE; CREATONOTINE A; CREATONOTINE B; DEACETYLCALLIMORPHINE; ESTIGMINE A; ESTIGMINE B; HOMOCALLIMORPHINE; ISOCREATONOTINE A; ISOCREATONOTINE B; PUMULINE A; PUMULINE C; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SUBULACINE; SUPINIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; DIET; FABACEAE; LARVA; MOTHS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

ARCTIIDAE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PUMILA; ESTIGMENE ACREA; FABACEAE; GRAMMIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLAGIOBOTHRYS; PLAGIOBOTHRYS ARIZONICUS; SENECIO; SENECIO FLACCIDUS FLACCIDUS;

EID: 1842505460     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000017975.16399.c3     Document Type: Article

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