Defensive agents of Blaps femoralis, a traditional Mongolian medicinal insect

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 597-604

  Gunbilig, Disan ^a,b   Boland, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Benzoquinone derivatives; Blaps femoralis; Defensive secretion; IR imaging; Surface lipids; Traditional Mongolian medicine

Indexed keywords

1 TRIDECENE; 1,4 BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 2 ETHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 ETHYL HYDROQUINONE; 2 METHYL HYDROQUINONE; 2,3 DIMETHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; HYDROQUINONE; METHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; PENTADECANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLAPS FEMORALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 70349266314     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.0905-18     Document Type: Article

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