Direct evidence for membrane transport of host-plant-derived pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides in two leaf beetle genera

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2003-2022

  Narberhaus, Ingo ^a   Papke, Ulrich ^b   Theuring, Claudine ^b   Beuerle, Till ^b   Hartmann, Thomas ^b   Dobler, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloid N oxide carrier; Chemical defense; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Longitarsus; Membrane transport; Oreina; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MEMBRANE;

ASTERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LONGITARSUS; OREINA; OREINA CACALIAE; OREINA SPECIOSISSIMA;

AMINE OXIDE; GLUCOSIDE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; EATING; HEMOLYMPH; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; EATING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOSIDES; HEMOLYMPH; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 21644473309     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000045591.26364.72     Document Type: Article

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