Pharmacologically active natural products in the defence secretion of Palembus ocularis (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Wahrendorf, Marit Saskia ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 pentadecene; 5 Lipoxygenase HET CAM assay hydroquinone; Asthma bronchiale; Defence secretion; Palembus ocularis

Indexed keywords

1 HEXADECEN; 1 PENTADECEN; 2 ETHYLHYDROQUINONE; 2 METHYLHYDROQUINONE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; BENZOQUINONE; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG METABOLITE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; HEPTADECIN; HYDROCARBON; HYDROQUINONE; LACTONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OLEIC ACID; PALMITOLACTONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TETRADECADIEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COLEOPTERA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PALEMBUS OCULARIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARACHIDONATE 5-LIPOXYGENASE; BEETLES; BLOOD VESSELS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; ERYTHROCYTES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHILS;

COLEOPTERA; PALEMBUS OCULARIS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33646510090     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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