Characterization of triacylglycerols from overwintering prepupae of the alfalfa pollinator Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Buckner, James S ^a   Kemp, William P ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Palmitoleic acid; Storage lipids; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; HIBERNATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS; HIBERNATION; INTESTINES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POLLEN; TRIGLYCERIDES; VACUOLES; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 4544348577     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20008     Document Type: Article

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