Small organic solutes in sticky droplets from orb webs of the spider zygiella atrica (Araneae; Araneidae): β-alaninamide is a novel and abundant component

Chemistry and Biodiversity

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2159-2174

  Townley, Mark A ^a   Pu, Qinglin ^b   Zercher, Charles K ^b   Neefus, Christopher D ^a   Tillinghast, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaninamide; Capture spiral; Orb web; Spider silk glands; Sticky spiral; Zygiella atrica

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMIDE; BETA ALANINAMIDE; BETAINE; BUTANE; CHOLINE; DIAMINE; GLYCINE; ISETHIONIC ACID; PUTRESCINE DERIVATIVE; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; SOLUTE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; SYNTHESIS;

ALANINE; AMIDES; ANIMALS; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PUTRESCINE; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84867825850     PISSN: 16121872     EISSN: 16121880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200077     Document Type: Article

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