Defensive components in insect eggs: Are anthraquinones produced during egg development?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2067-2072

  Pankewitz, Florian ^a   Hilker, Monika ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Chemical defense; Chrysomelidae; Diapause; Embryogenesis; Insect eggs; Leaf beetle; Polyketide

Indexed keywords

9,10-ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; DANTRON; DITHRANOL;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HATCHING; HOST PLANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL ENEMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; ANTHRALIN; ANTHRAQUINONES; BEETLES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; OVUM;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GALERUCA TANACETI; GALERUCINI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33747707594     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9129-5     Document Type: Article

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