The effects of topical application of various fatty acids on pheromone and glandular lipid biosynthesis in the moth Heliothis virescens

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-475

  Foster, S P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desaturation; Fatty acid reduction; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pheromone inhibition

Indexed keywords

9 TETRADECENOIC ACID; 9-TETRADECENOIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; DEUTERIUM; ESTER; FATTY ACID; LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; DEUTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MOTHS; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHEROMONES;

HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 1942470584     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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