Newly hatched neonate larvae can glycosylate: The fate of Betula pubescens bud flavonoids in first instar Epirrita autumnata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-546

  Lahtinen, Maria ^a   Kapari, Lauri ^a   Kenttä, Jonna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Epirrita autumnata; First instar; Flavonoid aglycones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLAVONOID; WATER;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEFOLIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLITE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GLYCOSYLATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETULA; ETHANOL; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GLYCOSYLATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

BETULA PUBESCENS; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA;

EID: 33745861699     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-9015-6     Document Type: Article

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