Metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the wood-feeding termite Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1788-1797

  Ke, Jing ^a   Singh, Deepak ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthracene; metabolism; phenanthrene; pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py GC MS); wood feeding termite (WFT)

Indexed keywords

ALIMENTARY CANAL; CARBONYL GROUPS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMOSANUS; IN-VIVO; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; METHOXYLATION; PHENANTHRENE; POTENTIAL ABILITY; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (PY-GC/MS); RING FISSION; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; WOOD-FEEDING TERMITE (WFT);

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXYLATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEEDING; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

ANTHRACENE;

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROXYLATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROXYLATION; ISOPTERA; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84863161220     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf204707d     Document Type: Article

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