Alkaloids in the venom of Messor ants

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Cruz López, Leopoldo ^a   Jackson, Brian D ^b   Hefetz, Abraham ^c   Morgan, E David ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Messor arenarius; Messor ebeninus; Messor mediorubra; Messor rugosus; Messor semirufus

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

FORMICIDAE; MESSOR; MESSOR ARENARIUS; MESSOR EBENINUS; MESSOR RUGOSUS; MESSOR SEMIRUFUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 32044465781     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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