Piperideine alkaloids from the poison gland of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3128-3133

  Chen, Jian ^a,b,c   Cantrell, Charles L ^a,b,c   Shang, Han Wu ^a,b,c   Rojas, Maria G ^a,b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Piperideine; Piperidine; Solenopsis invicta Buren; Stings; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANT VENOM; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIPERIDINES;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 65349130700     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803561y     Document Type: Article

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