Occurrence of Sarmentosin and Other Hydroxynitrile Glucosides in Parnassius (Papilionidae) Butterflies and Their Food Plants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-537

  Bjarnholt, Nanna ^a   Nakonieczny, Miroslaw ^b   Kedziorski, Andrzej ^b   Debinski, Diane M ^c   Matter, Stephen F ^d   Olsen, Carl Erik ^a   Zagrobelny, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cyanogenic glucosides; Hydroxynitrile glucosides; Parnassius (Papilionidae); Sarmentosin; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDE; NITRILE; SARMENTOSINE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CRASSULACEAE; HERBIVORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CRASSULACEAE; FUMARIACEAE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDES; HERBIVORY; NITRILES;

CORYDALIS; CRASSULACEAE; DICENTRA; FUMARIACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPAVERACEAE; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIUS; PARNASSIUS APOLLO; PARNASSIUS CLODIUS; PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE; PARNASSIUS SMINTHEUS; SEDUM;

EID: 84861348718     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0114-x     Document Type: Article

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