Triterpenoids as major components of the insect-trapping glue of Roridula species

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a   Medeiros, Patricia M ^a,b   Wollenweber, Eckhard ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Roridula; Trapping glue; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

DROSERACEAE; HEXAPODA; RORIDULA; RORIDULA DENTATA; RORIDULA GORGONIAS;

EID: 56249144792     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2008-9-1001     Document Type: Article

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