Alkaloids in the Mite Scheloribates laevigatus: Further Alkaloids Common to Oribatid Mites and Poison Frogs

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-218

  Saporito, Ralph A ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b   Andriamaharavo, Nirina R ^c   Garraffo, Hugo Martin ^c   Spande, Thomas F ^c  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Dendrobatids; Indolizidines; Oil glands; Opisthonotal glands; Poison frog; Pumiliotoxins; Scheloribatidae; Tricyclic alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINE OXIDE; COCCINELLINE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INDOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FROG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; MITE; POISONING; PREDATOR; SYMPATRY; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FROGS AND TOADS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANURA; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; INDOLIZIDINES; MITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; DENDROBATIDAE; ORIBATIDA; SCHELORIBATES; SCHELORIBATES LAEVIGATUS; SCHELORIBATIDAE;

EID: 79951955121     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9914-7     Document Type: Article

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