Physiological and biochemical effect of neem and other Meliaceae plants secondary metabolites against Lepidopteran insects

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 DEC, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Senthil Nathan, Sengottayan ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Food consumption; Insect; Meliaceae; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYAZADIRADIONE; 3 O ACETYLSALANNOL; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; AZADIRACHTIN; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CEDRODORIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DEACETYLGEDUNIN; DEACETYLNIMBIN; GEDUNIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDE; KHAYANOLIDE; LIMONOID; MELIARTENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NIMBIN; SALANNIN; SALANNOL; SERINE PROTEINASE; TABULALIN; TOOSENDANIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRICHILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEPIDOPTERA; MELIACEAE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84891679757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00359     Document Type: Article

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