Juvenile hormone-stimulated synthesis of acyl-glycerols and vitamin E in female accessory sexual glands of the fire bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus L.

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-59

  Jedlička, Pavel ^a   Cvačka, Josef ^b   Sláma, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

and tocopherols; Acetylated glycerols; Allatectomy; Castration; Exocrine secretion; Juvenoid treatment; Stearoyl diacetyl glycerol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; JUVENILE HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN E;

HEXAPODA; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 69349105681     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20322     Document Type: Article

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