The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, detoxifies the glucosinolates of Schouwia purpurea by desulfation

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1542-1555

  Falk, Kimberly L ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylsulfatase; Detoxification; Glucosinolate; Plant secondary metabolite; Schistocerca gregaria; Schouwia purpurea; Sulfatase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; SULFATE;

ANGIOSPERM; DETOXIFICATION; LOCUST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SULFATE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOSINOLATES; GRASSHOPPERS; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; SULFATES;

BRASSICACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SCHOUWIA PURPUREA;

EID: 34547418102     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9331-0     Document Type: Article

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