Effects of diet and metamorphosis upon the sterol composition of the butterfly Morpho peleides

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1444-1448

  Connor, William E ^a   Wang, Yingming ^a   Green, Mike ^b   Lin, Don S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blue Morpho Butterfly Farm ^*  (Belize)

Author keywords

Adult butterfly; Campesterol; Cholesterol; Dealkylation; Fecal sterols; Larva; Plant sterols; Sitosterol; Tissue sterols

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; DIGITONIN; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVAL STAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHO PELEIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROCARPUS; STEROL ANALYSIS; STEROL EXCRETION; STEROL METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DIET; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PTEROCARPUS; STEROLS;

EID: 33746031869     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600056-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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