Triterpene saponin hemi-biosynthesis of a leaf beetle's (Platyphora kollari) defensive secretion

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 601-605

  Ghostin, Jean ^a   Habib Jiwan, Jean Louis ^b   Rozenberg, Raoul ^b   Daloze, Désiré ^a   Pasteels, Jacques M ^a   Braekman, Jean Claude ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Defensive secretion; Hemi biosynthesis; Pentacyclic triterpene; Platyphora kollari

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; BETA AMYRIN; GLYCOSIDE; OLEANOLIC ACID; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACID; SECRETION; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT RESPONSE; PLATYPHORA KOLLARI; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEUTERIUM; GLYCOSIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SAPONINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; TRITERPENES;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PLATYPHORA KOLLARI;

EID: 34249944759     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0223-5     Document Type: Article

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