Cantharidin and demethylcantharidin (palasonin) content of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from southern Africa

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 466-468

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Pogoda, Werner ^a   Schneider, Michael ^b   Kauert, Gerold ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blister beetles; Cantharidin; Demethylcantharidin; Hycleus; Meloidae; Palasonin

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; DEMETHYLCANTHARIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLEOPTERA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYCLEUS OCULATUS; HYCLEUS TINCTUS; INSECT; INTOXICATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CANTHARIDIN; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYCLEUS; MELOIDAE;

EID: 60749095649     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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