Sequestration of furostanol saponins by Monophadnus sawfly larvae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-524

  Prieto, José M ^a   Schaffner, Urs ^b   Barker, Alison ^b   Braca, Alessandra ^a   Siciliano, Tiziana ^a   Boevé, Jean Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antipredator defense; Easy bleeding; Furostanol saponins; Helleborus; Hemolymph; Monophadnus sawfly larvae; Pulsatilla; Ranunculaceae; Ranunculus; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

SAPONIN;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FEEDING; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LARVA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RANUNCULACEAE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEMOLYMPH; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PLANT LEAVES; RANUNCULACEAE; SAPONINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

FORMICIDAE; HELLEBORUS; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; HELLEBORUS VIRIDIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LILIALES; MONTICOLA; MYRMICA RUBRA; PULSATILLA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULALES; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS LANUGINOSUS; TENTHREDINIDAE; VERATRUM;

EID: 33847267808     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9232-7     Document Type: Article

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